PDF The latest Boy Scout requirements for Tenderfoot and Life ranks require the Scout to use the BSA EDGE method. This is a four step method for teaching a skill. It is sometimes called Scoutings Teaching EDGE.
EDGE is very basic, but it really does work. It will help Cub Scouts learn and retain skills also. So it is not only for Boy Scouts and Venturers, but for den leaders also.
The EDGE Method
The EDGE method is a four step method for teaching a skill:
- Explain
- Demonstrate
- Guide
- Enable
Explain
First explain what you will be doing. Tell them the steps involved. Visual aids might be helpful for this step. Use questions to gauge their understanding.
Demonstrate
Show them how to do the skill. Demonstrate the steps using the actual materials. Describe what you are doing.
Guide
Let them practice the skill. Guide and coach them as they try to do it themselves. This step will take the most time.
Enable
Enable them by letting them do the skill themselves without any intervention.
thanks that helped me with my tenderfoot rank
this will help me with my tenderfoot too!Thanks!
Thanks this is helping get my life. that sounds weird.
Thks u helped me get life rank( new requirement)
Thanks, you helped meget Life rank too, because all of the sudden we are supposed to know this, but it isn’t in our issued handbooks, and no one told us about it.
Thanks, my scoutmaster got semi-pissed at me when I asked him what EDGE was, thanks for the help.