Membership and Age Sections

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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-adaptedsystem 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 associations 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

Years
NSOs

Membership
371,726
25.5
27.6
16
?
42,295
2.9
10.3
6
6-10
824,719
56.6
29.3
17
11-15
215,069
14.8
29.3
17
16-20
2086
0.1
3.4
2
gt20
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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
53.3
34.5
20
lt7
516,761
35.5
51.7
30
7-8
84,024
5.8
6.9
4
9-10
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The extent of the Scout programme
Upper age limit
Age

NSOs

Membership
293,200
20.1
20.7
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No limit
2,693
0.2
3.4
2
gt25
938,704
67.6
50.0
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20-25
176,298
12.1
25.9
15
lt20
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The age sections
Limit between pre-adolescence and adolescence
Age

NSOs

Membership
293,200
20.1
20.7
12
9-10
792,919
54.5
31.0
18
10-11
466,961
32.1
48.3
28
11-12
125,577
8.6
8.6
4
12-13
11,974
0.2
1.7
1
0
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The age sections
Limit between adolescence and post-adolescence
Age

NSOs

Membership
388,207
26.7
25.9
15
14-15
793,893
54.5
39.7
23
15-16
155.074
10.7
19.0
11
16-17
117,221
8.1
13.8
8
17-18
1,500
0.1
1.7
1
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
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
14-15 for 38 NSOs out of 58 (65.5)
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The age sections
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
m15
m 11
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The different age section systems
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
P
A
P
362,632
20 NSOs
25.0
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The different age section systems
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
P
A
P
P
201,780
12 NSOs
13.9
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The different age section systems
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
P
A
P
P
464,629
4 NSOs
32.1
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The different age section systems
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
P
A
P
P
P
286,961
18 NSOs
32.1
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The different age section systems
Pre-adolescents
Adolescents
Post-adolescents
A
P
P
A
28,435
3 NSOs
2.0
20
PPAPP 19.8
PAAP 2.0
PAP 25.0
PPAP 32.1
PAPP 13.9
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PPAPP
PAAP
PPAP
PPAPP
PPAP
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PAPP
PPAPP
PAPP
PAP
23
PAP
PAPP
PAAP
PAP
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PAP
PAP
PAP
PAP
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The ratio of young people to adults
Which one is the best?
N Youth 1 Adult
N NSOs
of NSOs
Membership
of memb.
347,565
24.3
36.2
21
2-3
815,746
56.7
32.8
19
4-5
14,566
1.0
6.9
4
6-7
30,119
2.1
6.9
4
8-9
251,393
17.6
15.5
9
gt9
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Section educational objectives
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Section educational objectives - Aims

• To express Scoutings 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 development Definition Developing
ones ability to think, innovate and use
information in an original way to adapt to new
situations.
Educational trails a. 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 used i. Choose one
area of growth, for example intellectual
development. ii. Choose one educational trail,
for example collecting information. iii. Note
the general educational objective that you have
already written for this area of growth and this
educational trail, for example - Develops
his/her sense of curiosity and systematically coll
ects information to expand his/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 and capabilities 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
objective should correspond to the last step of
the senior section.
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Task
Area of growth Social development
Educational Trail Relationships and
communication
Final educational objective Is keen to
explore other ways of life and consider diversity
enriching rather than threatening.