When what is being taught is seen lived out in someone else, learning is assisted. Learning Styles Small group leaders, in fact anyone teaching anything to anyone, make a great mistake when then think or teach as if everyone learns in the same way. In fact, there are a number of different styles of learning. One of the most important implications of learning styles is just to be aware that they exist - just know that people in your small group don't all learn and retain information in the same way. Then you need to make use of different media and formats to create a learning environment that caters for the broad range of learning styles.
Most people tend to teach in a style that they learn best with.
Learning People work alone and strive for their own personal success in the process. What one discovers does not benefit anyone else. One person's success is another person's failure. Active learning revolves around an experience - the more people are involved in the experience the more they learn from it. The last step moves learning into action.