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==History==

==History==

In [[Britain]], Lieutenant-General [[Robert Baden-Powell|Sir Robert Baden-Powell]], a hero of the [[Boer War|Boer Wars]], founded the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It reflected the spirit of scientific [[efficiency]] promoted by the [[Progressive Movement]]. Baden-Powell wrote in a pamphlet ''Scouting & Christianity'' (1917): "Scouting is nothing less than applied [[Christianity]]." Since then, various Scouting Organizations have been founded for members of other religions, or which are not specific to any religion. Today the Scout Movement is the largest voluntary youth group in the world. Its membership exceeds 28 million boys and girls, as 95 of 155 National Scout Organizations are now mixed gender; however, the [[Boy Scouts of America]] does not mix genders.

In [[Britain]], Lieutenant-General [[Robert Baden-Powell|Sir Robert Baden-Powell]], a hero of the [[Boer War]]s, founded the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It reflected the spirit of scientific [[efficiency]] promoted by the [[Progressive Movement]]. Baden-Powell wrote in a pamphlet ''Scouting & Christianity'' (1917): "Scouting is nothing less than applied [[Christianity]]." Since then, various Scouting Organizations have been founded for members of other religions, or which are not specific to any religion. Today the Scout Movement is the largest voluntary youth group in the world. Its membership exceeds 28 million boys and girls, as 95 of 155 National Scout Organizations are now mixed gender; however, the [[Boy Scouts of America]] does not mix genders.

In designing the WOSM, Baden-Powell drew ideas from the Japanese warrior's code or "[[bushido]]", on educational methods of the [[Africa]]n Zulu tribes, on the Victorian "ragged schools" movement, and the educational methods of Montessori.<ref>Baden-Powell, ''Scouting for Boys"[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0192805479&id=LdtVxcFpWFQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&ots=j1TxsQhuis&dq=baden-powell+scouting+bushido&sig=6nhFG3I_TD7AB0mP7lzSHebCT7c#PPA44,M1]</ref><ref>[http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-bp.htm Robert Baden-Powell as an Educational Innovator</ref>

In designing the WOSM, Baden-Powell drew ideas from the Japanese warrior's code or "[[bushido]]", on educational methods of the [[Africa]]n Zulu tribes, on the Victorian "ragged schools" movement, and the educational methods of Montessori.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0192805479&id=LdtVxcFpWFQC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&ots=j1TxsQhuis&dq=baden-powell+scouting+bushido&sig=6nhFG3I_TD7AB0mP7lzSHebCT7c#PPA44,M1 Baden-Powell, ''Scouting for Boys"]</ref><ref>[http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-bp.htm Robert Baden-Powell as an Educational Innovator]</ref>

===Japan===

===Japan===

[[Category:International Organizations]]

[[Category:International Organizations]]

[[Category: Youth Groups]]

[[Category:Youth Groups]]

[[Category: Progressive Era]]

[[Category:Progressive Era]]