This book explores the growth of 'character education'in schools and youth organisations
over the last decade. It delves into historical and contemporary debates through a …

This article examines the ways in which settler colonialism has shaped the scholarly
literature on the history of childhood in post‐Confederation Canada. The first wave of …

The aim of this thesis has been to examine outdoor activities and camping, framed within the
Scandinavian notion of friluftsliv, as methods for promoting citizenship in two Swedish youth …

According to white Scoutmasters in Malaya,'the peculiar difficulties of locality and
climate'necessitated certain proscriptions on Scout training for Malayans. Restrictions on the …

Youth organizations have long played significant roles in promoting particular forms of
nationalism among young people in the UK. To date, however, academic studies of UK …

Camping has been fundamental to the Scouting and Girl Guiding programmes since Robert
Baden-Powell first trialled his 'school of the woods', as he later described Scouting (1930, p …

Over the past century, much attention has been paid to the literature written for adults in
response to the First World War, but there has been comparatively little consideration of how …

This chapter draws on observations from a diverse range of Scout and Guide camps,
competitions and celebrations marked in the open air with outdoor activities, all of which …

This chapter considers the interactions between settlers, visitors and indigenous Girl Guides
in Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand and Asia during a high period of imperial …

In october 1917 Girl Scouts of the uSa answered President Woodrow Wilson's call to
america's children by producing a monthly magazine, the Rally. Its articles encouraged Girl …