Membership and Age Sections. 2 The traditional system Cub Scouts, from 7/8 to 11/12 years old; Scouts, from 11/12 to 16/17 years old; Rovers, from 16/17

Membership and Age Sections

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The traditional system

• Cub Scouts, from 7/8 to 11/12 years old;• Scouts, from 11/12 to 16/17 years old;• Rovers, from 16/17 to 21/22 years old.

Corresponds to the three stages of development Scouting traditionally identifies:

• Childhood; • Adolescence; • Youth.

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Various developments

• Focus on adolescents

• Focus on children

• Length of the proposed Scout experience

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Various developments

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Criteria for a well-adapted

system of age sections• It respects the personal development stages

of the child• It takes existing social groupings into account• It respect the necessity to base Scouting on

peer group experience• It maintain a good balance between the

various sections• It is flexible• It proposes a reasonable length of Scout

experience• It is oriented towards the senior section• It takes the association’s adult resources into

consideration

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European Region study

• 58 national Scout associations

• 1,455,895 young members

• 38 countries

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The extent of the youth programme

Duration in years

NSOs % Membership %

371,726 25.5

27.6

16 ?

42,295 2.910.36 6-10 824,719 56.629.317 11-15

2086 0.13.42 >20

215,069 14.829.317 16-20

Years

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The extent of the Scout programme

Lower age limit

Age NSOs % Membership %

78,526 5.4

6.9

4 0

776,584 53.334.520 <7

516,761 35.551.730 7-8

84,024 5.86.94 9-10

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The extent of the Scout programme

Upper age limit

293,200 20.1

20.7

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No limit

2,693 0.23.42 >25

938,704 67.650.02920-25

176,298 12.125.915 <20


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The age sections

Limit between pre-adolescence and adolescence

293,200 20.1

20.7

12

9-10 792,919 54.531.018 10-11

466,961 32.148.32811-12

125,577 8.68.64 12-13

11,974 0.21.71 0


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The age sections

Limit between adolescence and post-adolescence

388,207 26.7

25.9

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14-15 793,893 54.539.723 15-16 155.074 10.719.01116-17

117,221 8.113.88 17-18

1,500 0.11.71 0


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The age sections

Pre-adolescents Adolescents Post-adolescents

10-12

for 46 NSOs out of 58 (79.3%)

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The age sections


14-15for 38 NSOs out of 58 (65.5%)

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The age sections


m=15m= 11

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The different age section systems


P A P

20 NSOs362,632

25.0%

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P A P P

12 NSOs201,780

13.9%

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P A P

4 NSOs464,629

32.1%

P

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P A P

18 NSOs286,961

32.1%

P P

19



A

3 NSOs28,435

2.0%

P PA

20

PPAP 32.1%

PAPP 13.9%

PPAPP 19.8%

PAP 25.0%

PAAP 2.0%

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287576

117429

20549

12388

5452

1187

8971

14535

3044

8886

8542

3044

13439

7822

2928

UK IrelandCSI

SwedenSSF

Finland DenmarkKFUM

Post-AdosAdosPre-Ados

PPAPPPAAPPPAPPPAPPPPAP

22

27520

20800

20560

7733

6505

7727

15902

19481

23324

31506

32189

16536

France SDF Spain ASDE Portugal CNE Italy AGESCI


PAPP PPAPP PAPP PAP

23

20937

19199

21288

9612

10430

9226

4096

5316

1179

31506

32189

16536

GermanyDPSG

Switzerland Austria CzechRepublic


PAP PAPP PAAP PAP

24

40080

53526

15927

8933

12008

5027

2357

1871

866

2081

680

341

Poland Yugoslavia Slovenia Slovakia


PAP PAP PAP PAP

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The ratio of young people to adults

Which one is the best?

347,565 24.3%36.2%

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2-3 815,746 56.7%32.819 4-5

14,566 1.0%6.9%46-7

30,119 2.1%6.9%4 8-9

251,393 17.6%15.5%9 >9

N° Youth : 1 Adult N° NSOs % of NSOs Membership % of memb.

Section educational objectives

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Section educational objectives - Aims

• To express Scouting’s goal of helping young people to fulfill their full potential in realistic, measurable terms adapted to the needs of young people in each age range.

• To ensure coherence between the educational objectives for each section and the general educational objectives, in accordance with the goals expressed in the educational proposal.

• To encourage young people to make personal progress in all areas of growth and to provide them with a basis upon which to set their own personal objectives and evaluate their own progress.

• To provide a clear framework for adult leaders to use in their youth work.

• To encourage dialogue and an open, trusting relationship between young people and adults.

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SEO - Content

• In the six areas of growth (physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and character), the section objectives define the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired, taking the stages of development and the characteristics of each age range into account. They are coherent with the educational proposal and the general educational objectives.

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Intellectual developmentDefinitionDeveloping one’s ability to think, innovate and use information in an original way to adapt to new situations.

Educational trailsa. Collecting information• Curiosity.• Exploration.• Investigation.• Observation.

b. Processing information• Analysing data.• Sorting and classifying.• Memorising.

c. Problem-solving• Spirit of invention and creativity.• Experimenting.• Hypotheses and deduction.

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SEO - How to…

The following method can be usedi. Choose one area of growth, forexample: intellectual development.

ii. Choose one educational trail, forexample: collecting information.

iii. Note the general educationalobjective that you have alreadywritten for this area of growth andthis educational trail, for example:- “Develops his/her sense ofcuriosity and systematicallycollects information to expandhis/her knowledge”.

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SEO - How to…

iv. Define an educational objective for the junior section on the same educational trail. To do this you should take the needs and capabilities of this age range into account. - “Is able to observe details and collect and classify objects according to precise criteria”.

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SEO - How to…

v. Define an educational objective for the intermediate section, taking into consideration the needs andcapabilities of this age range. You could write:- “Shows an interest in expanding his/her knowledge of things going on around him/her”.vi. Take care that the three objectives are progressive, from the least difficult(junior section) to the most difficult (senior section). As for the general educational objectives, use simple words and action verbs.

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vii. It is recommended to write at least two objectives for each educational trail in each area of growth.

viii. The general educational objectiveshould correspond to the last step of the senior section.

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Task

Educational Trail : Relationships and communication

Area of growth: Social development

Final educational objective: “Is keen to exploreother ways of life and consider diversity enrichingrather than threatening.”

Documents

Membership and Age Sections. 2 The traditional system Cub Scouts, from 7/8 to 11/12 years old; Scouts, from 11/12 to 16/17 years old; Rovers, from 16/17