Scout method
Informal educational system used by Scouts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Scout method is the informal educational system used in the Scouting Movement.[1] The aim of Scouting is character training with the goal of helping participants become independent and helpful,[2] and thereby become "healthy, happy, helpful citizens".[3]
The Scout method uses appealing games in the primitive outdoors to generate challenges which a Scout learns to solve by themselves.[2] Through the training and the example of the leader, Scouts are taught independence, leadership, the ambition to learn by themselves, and a moral code with positive goals. According to founder Robert Baden-Powell, the Scout method works naturally and unconsciously: naturally in the way that it follows the natural impulses of the Scout, and unconsciously because the Scout is not aware of the education.
Hands-on orientation provides a practical method of learning and helps the Scout build confidence. Activities and games provide a fun way to develop skills and provide contact with nature and the environment when pursued in an outdoor setting. Scouts learn in small groups to build unity, and a family atmosphere. Developing the characteristics of responsibility, self-reliance, self-confidence, and readiness, the Scouts eventually learn collaboration and leadership skills. An attractive program of varying activities expands a Scout's horizons and bonds the Scout even more to the group.