Scout method

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Scout method
World War II era Japanese American Boy Scouts, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming
Girl Guides in the United Kingdom, 1918
Scouting portal

The Scout method is the informal educational system used in the Scout Movement^[1][2] with some variations among different Scout organizations.

Scout training is character development to help Scouts become independent and helpful,^[3] and thereby become "healthy, happy, helpful citizens".^[4] 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.