Open AccessKnowledge and Attitude of Primary School Teachers Regarding Early Identification and Management of Learning Disability
Author(s) -
Betty Koshy,
Nikita Gamit,
Aarohi Fernandes,
Devraj Singh Chouhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i48a33235
Subject(s) - learning disability , school teachers , positive attitude , association (psychology) , psychology , identification (biology) , scale (ratio) , medical education , mathematics education , positive correlation , medicine , developmental psychology , social psychology , botany , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , biology
In India, 1% to 19% of the total students have Learning Disability. Learning disability may vary from person to person and is incurable but can be controlled if diagnosed earlier. Teachers play a vital role in its identification.
Aims: Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude of primary school teachers regarding early identification and management of Learning Disability.
Study Design: The study design is Descriptive cross sectional design.
Place and Duration of Study: selected school at Tapi District, Gujarat, between 2020 – 2021.
Methodology: The research was carried out by using Quantitative research approach and on 150 primary school teachers. The non probability sampling technique was used. The tool includes socio demographic variables, Knowledge questionnaire and Attitude scale.
Results: No teacher have excellent knowledge i.e 0.00% regarding Learning Disabilty. 59.33% have good knowledge and 40.66% teachers are poor in knowledge regarding Learning Disability. 96.66% teachers have positive attitude towards children having Learning Disability while 3.33% teachers have negative Knowledge. There is positive correlation between Knowledge and Attitude. There is significant association of knowledge with age and classes allotted at p< 0.05. There is significant association of Attitude with classes allotted at p< 0.05.
Conclusion: Majority of the teachers have good Knowledge and most of them have positive attitude towards the children with Learning disability.