• MR. ANAND TRIVEDI
• MR.RAMESH KUMAR

Television is one of the important media for any age group, especially children who are easily attracted towards this media. Children love to watch television and movies. But too much of it during the developmental years can have the negative impact on them. Television (TV) has its good side. It can be entertaining and educational and can open up new worlds for kids, learn about different cultures, and gain exposure to ideas they may never encounter in their own community. Programme with positive role models can influence the children to make positive lifestyle changes, but television can affect kid's health, behavior and family life in negative ways. Television viewing is quite random these days. The aim of the study was to find out the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding ill effects of excess television watching among school children (aged between 8-15 years) in selected Higher Secondary School at Udaipur”. The method adopted for the present study was evaluative approach as the study aimed at development of structured teaching program for assessing the knowledge of 50 school children (aged between 8-15 years) regarding ill effects of excess television watching in selected Higher Secondary School at Udaipur. This approach would help the investigator to evaluate the effect of specific intervention that is structured teaching program on the variable that is knowledge regarding ill effects of excess television watching among school children (aged between 8-15 years) in selected Higher Secondary School at Udaipur. In this study samples were drawn by using purposive sampling method. Data was collected by using knowledge questionnaire. The result showed the improvement in level of knowledge from pre-test to post-test the mean was 10.24 to 22.36, SD was 1.90 to 2.38; mean percentage was 34.13% to 74.53%. The mean difference percentage was 40.4%. The data further represent that the, “t” value of 31.74 was significantly higher than the table value 2.00 at 0.05 level. This indicates that there was difference in pre-test and post-test level of knowledge score of participants and the structured teaching program was effective to improve the level of knowledge score regarding ill effects of excess television watching among school children (aged 8-15 years). Hence H1 was proved and accepted. There was a significant association between pre-test level of knowledge score with selected demographic variables such as gender (χ2=5.52), family type (χ2=10.21), father occupational status (χ2=8.08), mother occupational status (χ2=31.4), residence (χ2=6.46), and previous knowledge about ill effect of television watching (χ2=7.39) were significant at 0.05 level and there was no significant association between pre-test knowledge level or age (χ2=3.28), birth order (χ2=5.77), family monthly income (χ2=5.61), and duration of television watching (χ2=3.73) at 0.05 level. Hence H2 was proved and accepted. In conclusion, the study effectively confirmed the efficacy of the structured teaching program in enhancing awareness among school children regarding the detrimental impacts of excessive television viewing. The significant increase in post-test knowledge scores, coupled with the substantial mean difference percentage of 40.4%, validated the program's effectiveness. Furthermore, the study's identification of significant associations between pre-test knowledge levels and various demographic factors underscored the necessity of considering individual characteristics when designing educational interventions. These findings collectively emphasize the importance of tailored educational initiatives in fostering a comprehensive understanding of the consequences of prolonged television exposure among school children.

Effectiveness, Structured teaching program, Ill effects of excess television watching, School children.

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ILL EFFECTS OF EXCESS TELEVISION WATCHING AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN (AGED BETWEEN 8-15 YEARS) IN SELECTED HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AT UDAIPUR”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.d648-d662, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409374.pdf

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ILL EFFECTS OF EXCESS TELEVISION WATCHING AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN (AGED BETWEEN 8-15 YEARS) IN SELECTED HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL AT UDAIPUR”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppd648-d662, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409374.pdf