An Active Learning Experience

I recently had a discussion with Sister Mary Lyon about how the training model can be applied to demonstrate teaching. The pupose of this activity certainly centers around the "demonstrate" portion of the model, but other elements of "explain" and "practice" can be used. Sister Lyon was a facilitator throughout the activity while I taught one of the missionaries as their progressing investigator. She would stop the demonstration periodically to discuss what was happening. At one point of the discussion we invited the missionaries to practice the elements that we had been discussing right then and there. Afterwards we were able to evaluate their practices and then move back to the overall "demonstrate teaching" activity. Yes, this is an opportunity for a demonstation, but the full scope of the training model can be utilized for the missionaries to have an active learning experience.