The Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching on Fire Safety among School Children at Selected School, Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu

Abstract

“A Quasi Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on fire safety among school children at selected school”. The objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on fire safety among school children at selected school and to find out the association between post-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables like Gender of students, Educational qualification of family, occupation, monthly income of family. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling technique with the samples of 100 school children. A validated questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of the samples before and after administration of video assisted teaching programme on fire safety. An extensive review of literature with the guidance of experts formed the foundation to the development of questionnaires. The investigators used demographic variable Performa. The data collection tool was validated and reliability was established, the collected data was tabulated and analyzed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The posttest mean value is 16.43 and the standard deviation 3.1 showed that the school children with adequate knowledge were 33%, with moderate knowledge58% and with inadequate knowledge 9%. Hence health education for the school children was implemented to improve the children’s knowledge.