Spiritually-Oriented

Scouting’s approach is spiritually-oriented in the sense that it seeks, through everything that it proposes, to help young people to: 

• Look beyond the material world in search of a Spiritual Reality.
• To discover for themselves those values which give meaning to life.
• Continuously strive to put into practice those values in the way in which one lives one’s life.

Of course, however ambitious what Scouting seeks to achieve may be, and however comprehensive its educational approach, it cannot help young people to develop without the right educational tools, and thus we come to the Scout Method.

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Community-Related

Scouting’s approach is community-related in the sense that:

• The very goals that it pursues, i.e. to help young people to live and develop as ever more autonomous, supportive, responsible and committed individuals are necessary for the long term development of society.
• It seeks to help each young person to recognise him or herself as a part of a whole, i.e. the world in which he or she lives. It does so through.

1. – emphasising the development of constructive relationships with others – young people and adults – based on mutual respect.
2. – offering young people the experience of a micro-society, based on a democratic way of life, taking into account the needs and interests of all.
3. – promoting a sense of belonging in young people – to their Scout unit and to their local,national and international community.
4. – offering varied opportunities for young people to interact with, and make a meaningful  contribution to, the world of which they are a part (local, national and international community, natural, cultural and spiritual environment,etc.).
5. – helping young people to adapt constructively to changes in society and to cope effectively with issues that they face or are likely to face.

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Person-centered

Scouting’s approach is person-centered in the sense that:

• Scouting accepts each young person as he or she is – a unique human being with his or her own personal background and experience of life thus far, variations in needs, capacities, interests and pace of development.

It recognises the uniqueness of each person through:

– respecting each person’s free will to decide to join Scouting or not.

– proposing a framework of self-education (i.e. as Baden-Powell described it: “education from within”, as opposed to “instruction from without”).

– inviting each young person to develop to the best of that person’s ability (“doing one’s best”). There is therefore no comparison of achievement between young people; 

– the flexibility of Scouting’s educational system which enables each young person to develop in the way which is most relevant to him or her through:

1.translating the general educational objectives proposed for the age section into a set of  personalised objectives, with help from the adult leader;
2. progressing through pursuing his or her interests and exploring his or her concerns;
3. developing at his or her own pace. The approach takes into account that development does not take place at the same pace in each dimension, nor does it take place in a constant surge forward. There are no absolute deadlines. 

Scouting’s approach is also person-centred in the sense that it seeks to help each young person to develop his or her whole self through:
1.Educational objectives which cover knowledge, skills and attitudes in each of the dimensions of the human personality.

2.A multi-faceted method which emphasises personal experience (as opposed to, for example, just intellectual understanding).

3.Many, varied opportunities for experiences, spread over time, likely to contribute to a young person’s development.

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What Is Scouting’s Approach To Education?

Scouting’s approach to education has to be coherent with what it seeks to achieve. Here again, it is the principles, the fundamental beliefs on which Scouting is founded, that guide its educational approach. Thus, Scouting’s approach to education could be described as being

• Person-Centred 
• Community-Related and 
• Spiritually-Oriented.

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