Download Teaching Scouting Values and Ethics

Teaching Scouting
Values and Ethics
Jenni Narimatsu
Venture Crew 1552
Instructor
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Getting to Know Your Instructor
Jenni Narimatsu
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Assistant Crew Advisor, Crew 1552, Silverdale
6 years involved as a youth
Recently rejoined Scouting as an adult 
Middle School Teacher 7 years
District Curriculum Specialist for Math @ CKSD
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Purpose
@ Determine a working definition of Values and
Ethics in the Boy Scouting Program
@ Reflect on personal values and ethics
@ Learn and play games that promote “teachable
moments” to build character in the youth
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Building Relationships
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Boy Scouts of America Mission
@ The mission of the Boy Scouts of America
is to prepare young people to make
ethical and moral choices over their
lifetimes by instilling in them the values
of the Scout Oath and Law.
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/mission.aspx
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Scouting has a Set of Values
and a Code of Ethics:
@ Values
are those things which
really matter to us.
@ Ethics
deal with what we
believe to be good or
bad and with the moral
obligations that these
beliefs imply
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Scouting has a Set of Values
and a Code of Ethics:
@ The Scout Oath
@ The Scout Law
On my honor I will do my
best, To do my duty to God
and my country, and to
obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all
times;
To keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake,
and morally straight.
A Scout is …
@ Trustworthy
@ Loyal
@ Helpful
@ Friendly
@ Courteous
@ Kind
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Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent
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Sharing Your Scouting Story
@ In an effort to teach youth the values and ethics
promoted in Scouting, the adult leader must
know what these values and ethics are.
@ Let’s discover them together:
@ Think of your scouting story;
@ How you became involved in scouting?
@ Why you’re involved in scouting?
@ What has scouting provided for you in your life?
@ Be ready to share with a small group.
@ You will have a maximum of 2 minutes to share.
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Sharing Your Scouting Story
@ Speaker: Share your story!
@ Listener: Listen for the values and ethics that
appear in your speaker’s story. Please record
them on the 3x5 card to give to the speaker.
@ Feedback is a gift!
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Building Character, Morals, Ethics and
instilling Values in Youth
@ Scouting is an opportunity to allow youth to grow
into adulthood.
@ Each youth is an individual and moves at his/her own
pace.
@ Scouting provides the opportunity to learn from
experience while the cost of making a mistake is
still small.
@ Boy Scouting enables development of the
individual through the group.
@ A Boy Scout is concerned with the individual and the
group, the self and others, the troop and the community.
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Scouting is a Skill Building Program
@ Ethical leadership skills are
built…
@ In small steps…
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development of the scout’s
sense and understanding of
his/her responsibility…
@ For the choices made…
@ And their effects on others.
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Fostering a Safe Environment for
Taking Risks
@ We started this session working to build
relationships;
@ Did that allow you to feel more comfortable in this
session???
@ Relationships are KEY
@ Scouting should be a safe haven for youth, in
which there is no fear of ridicule nor harassment.
@ After awhile, the Scouts themselves will control
the behavior and feel good about the difference.
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Validating the Values of Scouting
@ Creating opportunities for Reflection insures that
these values hit the moral core of the scouts.
@ Feedback opportunities for Reflection include:
@ Scoutmaster Conference
@ Board of Review
@ Informal Chats after “teachable moments”
@ Ceremonies Instill Character
@ Called “Court of Honor” for a reason
@ Rituals make the invisible visible.
@ The Oath and Law are the public values of Scouting.
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The Scouting Learning Model
@ The Scouting Program = Experiential Learning
@ Experience is the BEST Teacher
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Action Learning
Learning by Doing
Service Learning
@ Experiential Learning provides opportunities to
learn by the need to accomplish a given task
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Problem Solving
Doing the Task
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Reflecting on the Task
Applying learning to the next Task
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Initiative Games
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/Games.pdf
@ Initiative games are purposeful activities with a
specific goal(s) and learning process that are
less competitive and less rule oriented
@ These games can be very competitive, with lots
of strategy and skill without having to have
someone lose.
@ Everyone has fun, and in that sense, wins.
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Cooperative Activities Games
@ Cooperative Skill Building Activities = Initiative
Learning Game
@ Skill Building: simple knots to pioneering
monkey bridge
@ Small steps that nurture boy's sense of
responsibility for his choices and their effects on
others.
@ Power & Confidence
@ Making sense out skill
@ Reflecting on that experience
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Let’s Practice Experiential Learning!
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Questions for Reflection
@ Open-ended questions avoid yes and no answers.
@ What was the purpose of the game?
@ What did you learn about yourself?
@ How did it feel when you started to pull
together?
@ Judgment questions ask Scouts to make decisions
about things.
@ What was the best part?
@ Was it a good idea?
@ What could you have done to improve?
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