Barriers to Adult Learning within the Church (Section 5) • Barriers from 10 Key Learning Elements: irrelevance disconnection inflexibility boredom unhelpfulness rejection non-reflection uniformity frustration selfishness


• Teaching or Learning: traditional teaching methodologies traditional expectations teacher as focus and driver


• Learning Styles Issues: for activists for reflectors for theorists for pragmatists


• Disempowerment (primarily of laity): overemphasis on authority uniformity not unity lack of connection with everyday life social activity not learning perceived threat to leaders control by provider retreat into church ghetto no expectation of fulfilment faith and learning incompatible disinterested church irrelevance


• Nature and Availability of Resources: absence of relevant material duplication not sharing reduced future opportunities lack of access to information inability to choose


• Rural Case Study: conservatism (social and theological) suspicion of participatory learning village vs. town monitoring and evaluation denominational loyalty leadership, authority and vision groups and divisions lack of confidence only introductory courses offered


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