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Scout method
The Scout method is the informal educational system used in the Scout Movement with some variations among different Scout organizations.
Scout training is character development to help Scouts become independent and helpful, and thereby become "healthy, happy, helpful citizens". The Scout method uses appealing activities in the outdoors with a simplified social structure to generate challenges from which Scouts learn. Through the training, Scouts are taught independence, leadership, the ambition to learn by themselves and a moral code with positive goals. The Scout method works by following the natural impulses of the Scout and unconsciously because the Scout is not aware of the education. Activities and games provide a fun way to develop skills and, when conducted outdoors, provide contact with nature and the environment. Hands-on activities provide practical learning and help the Scout build confidence. Scouts learn in small groups to develop self-confidence, readiness, self-reliance, responsibility, collaboration, social bonds, teamwork and leadership.
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) definition of the Scout Method has changed over time. In the 1980s, WOSM defined the Scout Method as composed of four elements:
In the 1990s, WOSM changed its definition of the Scout Method to be composed of seven elements. In 2017, at the WOSM's 41st conference in Azerbaijan, an eighth element, "community involvement", was added. These eight elements are summarized below.
On terminology, the wording "Scout Method" (capital "M") is endorsed by WOSM.
The Scout law guides a Scout how to live. It expresses positive expectations of good, not prohibitions of faults. It is at the heart of the Scout Method. The Scout promise engages a Scout to do their best to obey the Scout law. The main principles of the promise are:
Positive not prohibitive
Scout programs do not prohibit bad habits but instead provide better alternatives to do good that will absorb the Scout's attention and gradually lead them to forget old habits.[a] The reasoning is that "prohibition generally invites evasion, since it challenges the spirit inherent in every red-blooded boy. The boy is not governed by DON'T but is led on by DO." Another positive is the ?? to perform a daily good turn for others. Some cultures place emphasis on doing good, a utilitarian approach, while others place greater emphasis on the individual being good.
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Scout method
The Scout method is the informal educational system used in the Scout Movement with some variations among different Scout organizations.
Scout training is character development to help Scouts become independent and helpful, and thereby become "healthy, happy, helpful citizens". The Scout method uses appealing activities in the outdoors with a simplified social structure to generate challenges from which Scouts learn. Through the training, Scouts are taught independence, leadership, the ambition to learn by themselves and a moral code with positive goals. The Scout method works by following the natural impulses of the Scout and unconsciously because the Scout is not aware of the education. Activities and games provide a fun way to develop skills and, when conducted outdoors, provide contact with nature and the environment. Hands-on activities provide practical learning and help the Scout build confidence. Scouts learn in small groups to develop self-confidence, readiness, self-reliance, responsibility, collaboration, social bonds, teamwork and leadership.
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) definition of the Scout Method has changed over time. In the 1980s, WOSM defined the Scout Method as composed of four elements:
In the 1990s, WOSM changed its definition of the Scout Method to be composed of seven elements. In 2017, at the WOSM's 41st conference in Azerbaijan, an eighth element, "community involvement", was added. These eight elements are summarized below.
On terminology, the wording "Scout Method" (capital "M") is endorsed by WOSM.
The Scout law guides a Scout how to live. It expresses positive expectations of good, not prohibitions of faults. It is at the heart of the Scout Method. The Scout promise engages a Scout to do their best to obey the Scout law. The main principles of the promise are:
Positive not prohibitive
Scout programs do not prohibit bad habits but instead provide better alternatives to do good that will absorb the Scout's attention and gradually lead them to forget old habits.[a] The reasoning is that "prohibition generally invites evasion, since it challenges the spirit inherent in every red-blooded boy. The boy is not governed by DON'T but is led on by DO." Another positive is the ?? to perform a daily good turn for others. Some cultures place emphasis on doing good, a utilitarian approach, while others place greater emphasis on the individual being good.
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