Service Learning in India

Abstract

I have always enjoyed trying to do two things at once. Watching TV while ironing, talking on the phone while driving (hands free of course), and eating breakfast while reading are three recommended combinations. It feels great to be able to combine two tasks that compliment each other. In fact, at times, you would be considered a little strange if you were to do one task without the other. Ironing, by itself, is mundane, using your mobile in a stationary position is contradictory, and I am yet to see anyone reading the Weet-bix packet at a time other than during breakfast. Some things are meant to be done together. As we are discovering at Avondale College, ‘learning to teach’ and ‘service learning’ is another such pairing.