Scouts de France

The Scouts de France were the main movement of Scoutisme in France, Association recognized law 1901 public utility. Its goal was to encourage the young people car-to educate itself by a specific pedagogy. It was a catholic movement but nevertheless opened with all, without reference of origin, culture or belief

Association Scouts de France as an administrative structure was dissolved in 2004, during fusion with the association of the Guides of France, by decision of the general meeting, to become Scouts and Guides of France .

History

1920 (July 5th): Foundation of Scouts de France by the Father Jacques Sevin, the Canon Cornet, Paul Coze and Edouard de Macedo, following success in the United Kingdom of the movement rested by Lord Baden-Powell
1947: Scouts de France, as well as French Scouting, organize and take part in the 6th world Jamboree in Moisson. It is the first time since the war which a German delegation comes officially to France.
From 1964, following the Council of the Vatican II and of the evolution of the teaching reflections in the company: progressive “modernization” of the movement: more coloured behaviors, easing of the discipline and adaptation of pedagogy. The branch “Scouts” (12-17 years) is divided into two age brackets “Rangers” (12-14 years), the “blue shirts”, and “Pioneers” (14-18 years), the “red shirts”. But the movement preserves the separation of the female and male branches. The evolution is deep. It introduces in particular democratic practices into a model very arranged hierarchically that its detractors described as militarist. This evolution will be overall judged too much progressist, even “Communist”, by a more traditional large fraction. At the time the Communist youths wore also a red shirt and were also called “pioneers”.
1971: Creation of the “unit Scouts of France” starting from groups Scouts de France refusing the reform.
1981: During one decade, Scouts de France and Guides of France will seek to link itself. Following the failure of this objective, Scouts de France vote the coeducation at the time of the General meeting. The Guides of France preserve their female identity.
2004: Fusion between the Guides of France (femininist movement) and Scouts de France (movement Coéduqué), Dissolution of the Association of Scouts de France which join the Guides of France; the movement becomes the “Scouts and Guides of France”.

Texts of reference

The law scoute

the scout puts its honor to deserve confidence.

the scout is honest with its country, its parents, its chiefs and its subordinates.

the scout is made to serve and save its next.

the scout division with all.

the scout is accessible and fights the injustice

the scout protects the life because it comes from God.

the scout can obey and does not do anything with half.

the scout has notch, it smiles in the difficulties.

the scout respects the work and the good of others.

the scout is pure and radiates the purity.

The law of Scouts de France is adapted law of the Scouts written in 1907 by Baden-Powell, for the camp founder of Brownsea:

One can count on the honor of a Scout.

a Scout is honest towards the king and his officers, towards his/her parents, his country, its employers and its employees.

It is the duty of the Scout to be useful for different and to come to them to assistance.

a Scout is friendly of all, and the brother of all the Scouts to some social class which they belong.

a Scout is courteous.

a Scout is friendly with the animals.

a Scout obeys the orders of his parents, of his chief of his patrol or its teacher, without putting question.

a Scout sourri and whistles as it encounters a difficulty.

a Scout is sparing.

a Scout is clean in his thoughts, its words er and its acts.

Institutional, educational and teaching project

The purpose of the pedagogy of Scouts de France was to encourage the young people to be active in the company, by developing the relations between them and with the world. The concepts of solidarity, of citizenship were strongly development in accordance with the institutional project: To train happy, useful, active citizens and craftsmen of paix

In this objective, Scouts de France were based on an educational project which comprised five great fields of development, declined in the various age brackets:

the relation with the others
the relation in the world
the relation with the body (health, physical-activities)
the relation with oneself
the relation with God

Its 5 relations are associated has a code of colors which is found in the tracks (wolf cubs), the labels (scouts) and also the shirts. The body: yellow; Oneself: blue; Others: red; The world: green; God: white.

Organization

The movement was organized in four age brackets:

the wolf cubs : 8-12 years, lines yellow, a group of wolf cubs was called a pack, made up of small groups: the sizaines
the scouts : 12-15 years, lines blue, a group of scouts was called a troop, made up of small groups: the patrols
the pioneers : 15-18 years, lines red, a group of pioneers was called a station, made up of small groups: the teams
the companions : 18-21 years, lines green, organized out of relay

The frameworks of the movement wear a shirt violet.

The wolf cubs, scouts and pioneers were framed by chiefs , adults having a BAFA (formation, named STIP was the first theoretical training course of training BAFA given by the movement). The companions them were helped by one or two people (often a couple) called organizers relay (or anirel).

Some Scouts famous

Cf the list of the famous scouts.

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