Young Adults and Learning Session

Preparation

• Ask teachers to bring their leader guides to this session and this resource or print and make copies of the following tow articles: " Ways Young Adults Learn" and "Understanding Adults Who Have Learning Disabilities".

Reflect and Practice

1. Open the session with prayer.
   
   
2. Ask, "How do you see your group of young adults experiencing learning in light of the five elements under "Foundational Elements to Adult Learning"?"
   
   
3. Ask participants to pair off. With their partners ask them to identify how to use the eight learning approaches 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 learning approaches during the next session with their adult learners. If you have general church leaders in your group, discuss ways to use the learning approaches in their leadership meetings.
   
   
4. As a group, identify tips for applying the basic principles of adult learning. Some 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 the learning approaches?"
   
   
6. Conclude the session by discussing the implications of how young adults learn to the ways teachers teach and lead young adults. Ask, "How can you create an environment where young adults expect to learn something when they come to church?"
   
   
7. Close the session with prayer asking God to guide the teachers and leaders to focus on learning more than teaching.