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Activities / Method / Progression
RAP - The Third Phase
Phase 3. Methods Progressive Scheme Section Methods Activities
Phase 1. Setting Goals Final Educational Objectives Areas of Personal Growth Educational Proposal
Phase 2. Organising Age Sections Section Educational Objectives
Renewed Approach to Programme
Definition of an Activity
• An activity is a flow of experiences which offer a
young person the possibility to acquire knowledge,
skills and attitudes corresponding to one or more
educational objectives
Tool box 007
Educationalobjective
Activity
Experience
Activities
Scouting offers young people objectives to achieve
This enables them:
* to develop all the dimensions of the personality
* to serve as a basis on which to assess their personal growth
* to establish a framework by which each young person can achieve that purpose in accordance with their age and individual character
We carry out activities to reach our objectives
• The educational objectives are achieved through everything the young people do, within Scouting and outside it
• The young people are the main players in the activities.
Educationalobjective
Activity
Experience
Activities
Activities as a flow of experiences
The young people learn through the experiencesthey gain from the activities
ACTIVITY* what is happening externally the action which involves everyone.* a tool which generates different situations.
EXPERIENCE* it happens within each person. * it is what each person gets from the action
The experience is a personal relationship between each young person and reality.
As leaders we cannot affect, manipulate or foresee itwith any degree of certainty.
But we can influence the activities, to try to make them generate or facilitate experiences.
Experiences are personal
Activities and Objectives
Carrying out an activity does not automatically lead to the achievement of the desired objective
The activities help to achieve the educational objectives
CUMULATIVELYSEQUENTIALLYGRADUALLY
FixedUsually take a single form and generally relate to the same subject.
Activities can be
VariableTake many different forms and refer to very different subjects, depending on the young people´s interests
Fixed and Variable
Fixed Activities
Variable ActivitiesNeed to be carried out continually to createthe right atmospherefor the Scout Method.
Are not repeated, unless the young people particularly want to and then only after a certain length of time.
Contribute in a general way to achievingthe educational objectives
Contribute to achieving one or more clearly specified educational objectives.
The extremes
Can make for a “closed” Unit, which is self-centred.
Runs the risk of de-characterizing,the Scout Unit.
A PROGRAMME WITH TOOMANY FIXED ACTIVITIES
A PROGRAMME WITH TOO MANY VARIABLE ACTIVITIES
Affects the overall educational atmosphere.
Can affect the young people´s harmonious development.
May help the programme to become obsolete.
May turn the programme into activity for its own sake.
Some fixed activities
Camps and outings
Patrol meetings
Games and play
Unit meetings
• Challenging
• Useful
• Rewarding
• Attractive
Variable activities should be
• Manual techniques and skills
• Knowledge and protection of nature
• Human rights and democracy
• Education for peace and development
• Sport
• Different kinds of arts
• Community service
• Family life
• Intercultural understanding
Variable activities can involve
Variable activities
They can follow each other or run in parallel
The proficiencies are the main variable activity of an individual nature
They are usually conducted jointly but some may be individual
Variable activities differ in duration
Duration and complexity
From activities to projects
Youthinvolvement
Directed activity
Participative activity
Project
• Through observation
• During the activity and at the end
• By all those who have participated
• To determine how far the objectives
have been achieved
Activities are evaluated:
« Play is the first great educator »
« Scouting is a jolly game »
Baden-Powell
Section Methods
Spontaneous game
Rules
ActionSpace
Teams & roles
Identifications
The Scout Method
Law &Promise
Action Nature
TeamSystem
SymbolicFramework
Progression
Adultsupport
A « charter »
based on human
rights and
universal values
Most activities
are run at the
level of the team.
The Rovers Assembly
is led by and
elected Chairman
The « Road »
The journey
A code of behaviour
expressed in simple
terms, already
conveying
universal values
The team system
operates fully.
The Patrol leaders’
Council operates
as the Government
of the troop
Exploration,
Discovery
The Scouts
Tangible rules
of behaviour
Short text
Simple
Vocabulary
Sixes with limited
autonomy
The Sixers’ Council
brings together the
Sixers and the
Adult leaders
The Jungle BookSymbolic
Framework
Team
System
Law
&
Promise
Section Methods
A « charter »
based on human
rights and
universal values
Most activities
are run at the
level of the team.
The Rovers Assembly
is led by and
elected Chairman
The « Road »
The journey
A code of behaviour
expressed in simple
terms, already
conveying
universal values
The team system
operates fully.
The Patrol leaders’
Council operates
as the Government
of the troop
Exploration,
Discovery
The Scouts
Tangible rules
of behaviour
Short text
Simple
Vocabulary
Sixes with limited
autonomy
The Sixers’ Council
brings together the
Sixers and the
Adult leaders
The Jungle BookLeadership
Nature
Learning
By
Doing
Section Methods
Personal Progressive Scheme
The progressive scheme is the
main tool used to support one
of the elements of the Scout
Method – personal progression
• Focused on each individual
• Considering each person’s strengths
• Based on a set of educational objectives
What for?
• to work out a set of personal development
objectives
• to establish how, in concrete terms, he or she
intends to reach those objectives
• to motivate young people to be and to do
better
• to guide young people on
his/her development trail
• to enable young people to discover new skills,
talents or professional opportunities
• to evaluate, recognise and celebrate the
progress made.
• To acquire analysis and
planning routines for
his/her life
What for?
Learning about Scouting ’sproposal and decision to make a personal commitment (Promise)
Half of the sectioneducational objectivesare achieved
All section educational objectives are achieved
Final stage
Intermediatestage
Welcomeand discovery
stage
Pro
fici
en
cy b
adg
es
The progressive schemeStructure
Arrival Life within the sectionPassage/Departure
Diagnostic/“Contract”
OpportunitiesYouth/adult
relationEvaluation Recognition
The progressive schemeComponents
Let’s have a
“Bingo of opportunities”