LESSON PLAN
NAME OF TEACHER : L. NELSON KHONGSAI
NAME OF SUBJECT : COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
NAME OF TOPIC : SITUATIONAL AND SOCIAL BARRIERS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
METHODS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
DATE :
TIME :
CLASS : B.SC. NURSING 2nd YEAR
CLASS SIZE :
DURATION : 45 MINUTES
METHOD OF TEACHING : LECTURE CUM DISCUSSION
TEACHING SKILL : USING EXAMPLES.
A.V. AIDS : BLACKBOARD & PPT
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE : STUDENTS HAVE THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE
GENERAL OBJECTIVES: After the class, students will acquire in-depth knowledge about the situational and social barriers of
interpersonal relationship.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:
Enumerate the social and situational barriers of interpersonal relationship.
Methods to overcome barriers of interpersonal relationship.
SL.N TIME SPECIFIC A.V.AIDS TEACHERS EVALU
OBJECTIVE CONTENT ’ STUDENT ATION
S ACTIVITY
1. SITUATIONAL BARRIER:
To enumerate
1. 45min the situational a) Complex interactional setting: Interactional Lecture cum
and social settings may play a significant role in Ppt. discussion
barriers of interpersonal relationship. The depth of Blackboard Question and
interpersonal interpersonal relationships required by a answer.
relationships. situation depends on how complex the task
is, whether the people involve possess
expertise of different kinds, the frequency of
interaction in the setting and the degree of
certainty with which the task outcomes can
be predicted.
b) Adverse environmental situations:
Environment is where the transition takes
place. It can be a problem to maintain an
interpersonal relationship if the environment
is not cordial.
c) Lack of territoriality: Territoriality is the
innate tendency to own space. All individual
lay claim to certain areas as their own and
feel safer in their own area. Lack of
territoriality leads to distortion in
interpersonal relationship.
d) High density of individuality: Density
refers to the number of people within a given
environment space. Prolonged exposure to
high density situation elicits certain
behaviours, such as aggression, stress and
hostility. This behaviour can stop a person
from building an effective interpersonal
relationship.
e) Increased physical distance: the means by
which various culture use space to
communicate. If this distance is more than
required, sometimes it can cause hindrance in
interpersonal relationship.
f) Lack of time: time plays an important role in
relationships. Every relationship needs time
and an individual’s effort to grow. Frustration
arises when people do not have time to meet
or interact with each other.
2. SOCIOCULTURAL BARRIERS:
2. Lecture cum
a) Cultural diversity: Culture plays an Ppt. And discussion
important role in the development of blackboard
interpersonal relationships as cultural mores,
norms, ideas and customs provide the basis
for our way of thinking. Similarly, an
organization’s culture influences the general
nature of the employee relationships. There
are some organizations whose culture
discourages making intimate relationship by
keeping distance from each other while some
organization cultures encourage having
family like closeness to share one’s feelings
with each other regardless of work, for
emotional balance which can increase work
output.
b) Ethnic diversity: People with ethnic
diversity have different values, attitudes and
beliefs that can influence the development of
interpersonal relationship.
c) Social diversity: People from high status
often convey their power with gestures. Eg.
Less eye contact, higher pitch voice, frequent
use of hand on hips and more distance when
communicating with the individuals are
considered gestures od being from a lower
social status in some societies.
d) Language diversity: Different language are
use in different regions of the world.
Language plays a significant role in
interpersonal relationship.
3. METHODS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS OF
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP:
1. Strategies to overcome personal barriers: Lecture cum
Ppt. And discussion
In interpersonal relationship, gender differences blackboard
must be given due consideration.
Honesty and trust must be maintained while
establishing and building interpersonal
relationships.
Individuals involved in an interpersonal relationship
must be compatible.
A sense of security must be ensured between the
people involved in an interpersonal relationship.
Individuals involved in an interpersonal relationship
must have a sound self-concept and positive self-
esteem.
A mutual sense of respect must be ensured by the
people involved in a personal and professional
relationship.
Fear of rejection must be eliminated between the
individuals involved in a personal and professional
relationship.
Lecture cum
2. Strategies to overcome situational barriers: Ppt. And discussion
blackboard
The interaction setting should be simple and
familiar to the individual and each individual
should make the other feel important.
During interaction in adverse environment
situations or between individuals of diverse
territories and high densities, special care
must be taken.
Even in organization, individuals must spend
quality time with their co-workers to
strengthen the bond between them
3. Strategies to overcome sociocultural barriers: Lecture cum
Cultural diversity can be overcome by trying Ppt. And discussion
to enhance the four primary factors that blackboard
decide the interaction pattern such as
openness, trust, owing and risk to
experiment.
In social diversity between the people
involved in a relationship individuals should
try to understand their social variations and
make sincere effort to adapt to the variations.
Individuals must enhance interpersonal
communication skills such as maintaining a
good eye contact, appropriate body language
and listening with patience.
CONCLUSION:
Interpersonal relationship skills are highly essential to be incorporated in each and every individual of our society
so as to make life easy, successful and step towards our growth and transformation into a good human being.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Sharma, Suresh K, Sharma, Reena (2012), COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. New Delhi, India:
Elsevier. 1st edition. Page no. 27-42.
Neeraja, KP (2011), TEXTBOOK OF COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY. New Delhi, India: Jaypee, 1st
edition. Page no. 28-45.
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