Abstract:
The problem includes students who differ in their skills and learning rates.
Accommodating instruction to students with differences is one of the most
fundamental problems of education, children of today are the future citizens and they
are going to be the pillars of country. Hence it is essential, that each pillar is as strong
as the others. This warrants multimedia based learning material to be used in
classroom teaching.
Computers are used in many aspects of teaching, for, when computers are used
for teaching geography. Students get vivid vision and effective instructional result.
Elementary students are too active they need enjoyable atmosphere from teacher.
Parents tend to nourish desirable and socially acceptable activities that will enrich the
use of various technologies and gadgets. Therefore, it has become important to
develop into the impact of multimedia on the development of desirable social,
emotional and educationally accepted behaviors. Therefore the present study has been
undertaken with a view to find out the impact of multimedia on the development of
study achievements at elementary students.
'as tools for the education of children and adolescents, the new technology
after on unprecedented opportunity to satisfy increasingly widespread and diversified
demand, while maintaining quality. The possibilities they open up, along with their
advantages for teaching are vast. Computers and multimedia systems for instance,
make it possible to design individual learning paths along which each pupil can move
at his or her own pace. They also make it easier for teachers to organize acquisition in
mixed ability classes.' (UNESCO, 1996)
The function of geography in school is to train future citizens to imagine
accurately the conditions of the great world stage and to help them to think about
political and social problems in the world around.
The statement express a great perhaps the overriding and expressing, so there
should be facility to learn according to adjustable format. In this study investigator
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want to compare experimental group and control group. Experimental group given
treatment of multimedia teaching but control group taught through traditional method.
Here researcher wants to know the effectiveness of multimedia. Knowledge cannot be
eternal it change and develop in every decade. The nature of knowledge improved
according to need of time and place.
The Maharashtra's fifth standard geography syllabus shared with history and
civics. It has forty percent weightage in marks. The concepts of fifth class geography
is based on activities. These concepts need advance teaching skill, require multimedia
programes. Children should be familiar with abstract concepts.
Promoting quality and quantity of education, it was felt essential to develop the
professional competencies of teacher. The National Policy on Education (1986) and
the revised NPE 1992 emphasized the professional growth of teachers. The
international commissions report. "Learning to be" (1976) and the UNESCO
commission "Learning the treasure within (1996) have laid stress on the professional
growth of teacher for enabling them to discharged their responsibilities efficiently.