Tribe (boy scouts)
The tribe for scouts in Germany and South Tyrol denotes the organizational unit in which groups of all ages in one place are united.
A scout tribe in Switzerland refers to the organizational unit in which several scout groups are united, usually two to five groups with four to eight group members each.
The name corresponding to the German tribe in Austria is group , in Switzerland department .
Expression
A tribe can vary greatly in size and appearance from place to place, country to country and scout association to scout association, although several small groups always form a tribe. There are scout associations whose tribes appear as pure boys or girls , but mostly scouting communities in German-speaking countries work with coeducational tribes.
A tribe often forms a regional association structure together with other tribes and belongs to a scout association. So-called free tribes that work outside of such structures are often not recognized providers of free youth welfare .
A tribe usually has 20 to 80 members, although there are significantly larger tribes.
structure
As with the expression, a trunk can be structured quite differently. A basic principle is always the so-called levels , which are comparable to the class system in pedagogy , which do justice to the age differences and the correspondingly different physical and mental development.
Common names for the individual levels with typical age information are (the exact age limits are different in the various scout associations):
| Age | Germany |
|---|---|
| 6-10 |
Wolves |
| 10-13 | Young scouts |
| 13-16 | scout |
| 16-21 | Ranger / Rover |
| Age | Switzerland |
|---|---|
| 6-11 | Boys: Wolves Girls: Bienli |
| 11-16 | Scout |
| 16-18 | pioneer |
| 18-25 | rover |
| Group leader: | from 14 years |
| Stammführer: | from approx. 18 years |
Another core principle is that of the small group. Children and adolescents of the young scout or scout level of the same age are grouped into small groups of 6 to 8 members, which are called clans (also: group / patrol / fähnlein / day nursery / team). The small group is the essential experience community on group lessons and trips, this is where the core of scout life and scout education takes place.
Another core principle is leadership by young people : a peer leads the group. Mostly it is determined hierarchically, sometimes elected democratically or is simply “ Primus inter pares ”.
Often two to four small groups of the same age group are grouped into medium-sized groups (wolves: pack; scouts: troop or guild; rangers and rovers: circle). Conversely, by bringing together small groups from different levels, a spatial reference can be established, for example within a certain district.
Origins
The tribal principle or principle of tribal education, which originated in the American Woodcraft Movement founded by Ernest Thompson Seton in 1902 and introduced in Europe by John Hargrave and Miloš Seifert, superimposed the system of military units or subdivisions of the Boy Scout Movement founded in 1907 around 1925. Within the leagues of the new and ring scouts , the first groups emerged that called themselves "tribes".
Heraldic-historical names (Red Lion, Black Eagle; Ulrich von Hutten, Florian Geyer) or exemplary persons (Schweitzer, Nansen, Korczak) were often used as tribal names. Based on the Indian totem , animal names were introduced for the clans.
Specialty
In contrast to other scouting groups, the term "clan" in the Heliand scouting society stands for the groups in a community . The "tribe" denotes an amalgamation of several clans in a region.
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