Baden-powell, The Preparation Of "life Education" Thinking With The Boy Scouts Of The Establishment And Development

The Scouting is a worldwide youth organization, which is founded in 1907 in British by Robert Baden-Powell. In the beginning, it is a national youth organization of British, but now, it is the world's biggest youth organization with the widest scope and greatest impact. Today, she has a history of 100 years, from 22 boys to 28 millions of registered members throughout 216 countries and areas around the world. More than 300 million people had been participated in the Scouts. Baden-Powell is the father of the Scouts. He set up this organization and led it to success. His educating philosophy is"be ready for life", which is the theoretical guidance and also the soul of the Scouts. The outstanding educating thought and tradition is important for the youth education today. But the domestic academic community still lacks study towards Baden Powell and his thought, thus the writer choose this as a title, and think it is of value.This paper focuses on the thought of"be ready for life"and its relationship with the establishment and development of the Scouts. That is, the success of the Scouts is the success of education ideology of"be ready for life", which enhances the improvement of the world. With the methods of historical analysis, this article is divided into three major parts: I. Discuss the formation of"be ready for life". Analysis is drawn from two aspects: Baden-Powell's personal growth factors and the social background both count a lot: the initial thought( the experience of Powell in the army), initial formation( establishment of the first group of the Scouts), formation( establishment of a unified national organization and the rules ), mature( establishment of the unified global Scouts organization and the development of"be ready for life") , and altogether, there are four stages.II"Be ready for life"and the establishment and development of the Scouts. The former is the theory condition for the latter. There are three major parts in"be ready for life": educating aim, contents and methods. The aim is to nurture healthy, up straight, responsible citizens to serve others and the society. The contents are character, fitness, skills and training services. The methods include outdoor activities, games, and field practice. The system of"be ready for life"has its own characters: first, it's practical; second, it combines education with recreation and practice, which is focused on the need of family, individual and the society. This mode is a new way to the education of the youth. III. Its influence to the world history. The success of"be ready for life"enhances the development of the world. For one thing, it enhances the political progress of the world. For another, it enhances the youth education of the world. Last but not least, it provides us with favorable experience in youth education.