Getting Prepared: Nonformal Education in Boy Scouts.

Autor/inn/en	Kleinfeld, Judith; Shinkwin, Anne
Titel	Getting Prepared: Nonformal Education in Boy Scouts.
Quelle	(1983), (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Community Involvement; Educational Assessment; Educational Research; Individual Development; Leadership Qualities; Nonformal Education; Outcomes of Education; Parent Attitudes; Self Actualization; Self Concept; Skill Development; Social Development; Volunteer Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Führungseigenschaft; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Elternverhalten; Self actualisation; Selbstverwirklichung; Selbstkonzept; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Freiwilliges Betriebspraktikum
Abstract	An intensive study of boys' experiences in two Boy Scout groups shows that scout programs provide important educational functions that schools and homes do not. Detailed field notes were taken on 75 events of the 2 groups, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 boys and their parents to explore what parents and boys felt they were getting out of scouting, and diaries kept by the parents were analyzed. Results show that scout programs help young boys develop a sense of themselves as people who are broadly competent, who know how to take charge of a group and get things done, and who have obligations to the community and its institutions. Scouts can perform these functions because it is a nonformal, private, and voluntary organization. Precisely because scouts provide an educational setting without the critical importance of school, it can place boys in significant roles and tolerate significant errors. As a voluntary institution, it is far more suitable than schools for teaching the importance of voluntary obligations. (RM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC