NORMATIVE TEAHING THEORY
RYAN’S THEORY OF TEACHER
BEHAVIOR
MAYLENE R CULANAG, BSN, RN
OBJECTIVES
• To recognize and provide information on Ryan’s Theory of
Teacher Behavior
• To utilize Ryan’s Teacher Behavior Theory to Case Study
SUMMARY OF TEACHER-BEHAVIOR
• Ryan has tried to explain the concept of teacher-behavior
“Teacher behavior consists of those acts that the teacher
performs typically in the classroom in order to induce
learning.”
Theory of teacher behavior also explains the relationship
of variables; based upon two postulates.
2 POSTULATES
1. Teacher behavior is social in nature
Teacher performs tasks in group. Teacher behavior is concerned
with the class-room verbal and non-verbal interaction.
2. Teacher behavior is relative
Teachers classroom activities are based upon social situations.
Teacher’s activities are the products of social conditions and are related
to the cultural settings in which teacher performs the teaching task.
APPLICATION TO CASE STUDY
Case Study
• Jane Smith is a 49 year old female patient who has been healthy throughout her life. She
prides herself on her ability to face up to any challenge. She has two children, one who
just started college and the other who just entered high school and she is married. Her
husband has his own business and is busy many nights with business affairs. She works
full time but has started to miss some days of work due to a chronic pain issue that
started about six months ago. She feels no one in her family understands the problem
and her physician is not listening to her concerns. She has come in today and is looking
into using different modalities for the pain.
PROBLEM IDENTIFY : CHRONIC PAIN
REDUCED INTERACTION WITH FAMILY MEMBERS
ALTERED ABILITY TO CONTINUE PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
APPLICATION TO CASE STUDY
TEACHER-BEHAVIOR APPLICATION NURSES/ NURSE PRACTITIONER – Advocate
JANE SMITH – Patient Participation
Teaching: For Patient with Chronic pain.
Informing Jane Smith that Family support is so important. Living
with Chronic pain can be emotionally tough. Maintaining interactions
to family member will feel her less alone, which in turn somewhat
reduces pain and other associated symptoms.
TEACHINGS TO PATIENT
• Informing Patient on Family member’s to engage/participate..
Jane Smith’s need to talk to her daughters and spouse, letting
her Family members know her situation and to go with her medical
appointment for Chronic Pain.
When were going through a lot in your life, as a result of Chronic
illness, having someone there to just listen can be helpful.
Reminding family members to engage with the treatment.
Offering to go with a loved one to medical appointment, helps for
emotional support and to be that back up to understand information
given by a Provider.
TEACHINGS TO PATIENT
Encourage and teach Jane Smith to take prescribed medication
and with the participation of family member and assess the patient’s
perception of the effectiveness of other method she used for pain relief
in the past.
Teach Jane Smith and family about using nonpharmacological
pain management strategies, like music, guided imagery, relaxations
techniques. Patient may feel an increased sense of control over her
pain.
Teach and assist the patient and family in identifying lifestyle
modifications that may contribute to effective to pain management.
CONCLUSIONS
• The Teacher-Behavior theory had significant implications in our
profession as Nurses/Nurse Practitioner as being Advocate, it
provides with different approaches that may help achieve the
Patient’s functional goal .