Preparation

• Ask teachers to bring their teaching guides to this session.
  

Reflect and Practice

1. Open the session with prayer.
   
   
2. Ask, "How do you see your group of adults experiencing learning: a calling or a journey?" (p. 56-57)
   
   
3. Ask participants to pair off. With their partners ask them to identify how to use reflection in the next lesson or session with their learners. You are asking them to reflect on what they read in the article "Ways Adults Learn" then practice the art of reflection during the next session with their adult learners. If you have general church leaders in your group, discuss ways to use reflection in their leadership meetings.
   
   
4. As a group, identify tips for using reflection opportunities with their adult learners. Some of their tips may come from their experiences with this study.
   
   
5. Ask your participants to review their list of group members. Say, "Analyze your experiences with each person. Do any of his or her behaviors indicate a learning disability?" As a group, discuss the strategy and organizational instruction approach. Ask, "How does this approach complement reflection?"
   
   
6. Conclude the session by discussing the implications of how adults learn to the ways teachers teach and lead adults. Ask, "How can you create an environment where adults expect to learn something when they come to church?"
   
   
7. Close the session with a season of prayer asking God to guide the teachers and leaders to guide them to focus on learning more than teaching. Remind your participants to read the section for the next session.