Традиционное скаутское движение: история и современность.

Informal educational system used by Scouts

Traditional Scouting is "old fashioned" or "back to basics" Scouting in some form, often with an emphasis on woodcraft and scoutcraft activities. As a pluralist movement, there is no one set definition for the term, but most traditionalists share a common set of values and procedures. Traditionalists aim to return the Scout Movement to something approximating its original style and activities; rejecting the trend of modernizing the program in an attempt to widen its appeal and/or use the name "Scouts" for new programs for ever younger children. Baden Powell traditionalists follow Robert Baden Powell's model of Scouting or his book Scouting for Boys. Yet other traditionalists reject even Cubs and Rovers programs and some organizational structures which were used by Baden Powell as they are outside original Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Some Scout organizations changed away from traditional Scout programs, schemes, ideals and identity.

Traditional Scouting is followed in some groups in Canada and America, particularly among followers of Ernest Thompson Seton and Daniel Beard woodcraft and scoutcraft and where William Hillcourt was an advocate of B P Traditional Scouting. Traditional Scouting came to North America in 1996 with the founding of the Baden Powell Scouts' Association of Canada (B PSAC). Forced by Industry Canada to remove "Scout" from its name, the organization renamed itself the Baden Powell Service Association. In 2006, a group of independent Rovers in the United States formed an organization named "Baden Powell Scouting" to promote Traditional Scouting. They were renamed the Baden Powell Service Association (BPSA US) in 2008, and began offering youth programs shortly thereafter.

The constitution of the World Organization of the Scout Movement recognizes only one Scout organization per country to protect its founding members, so Traditional Scouting associations had to form alternate international organizations to foster cooperation across national borders. The Order of World Scouts has existed since 1911 and is the oldest international Scout organization with Traditional Scouting member organizations. The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) and its spin off World Organization of Independent Scouts WOIS were founded following 1960 70s changes and schisms, to coordinate international cooperation between Traditional Scouting organizations.

Some Traditional Scouting groups are distinguished from Baden Powell's model and organizations by being open to groups of people originally excluded. The British Boy Scouts and British Girl Scouts Association was one of the first to admit girls and host co educational troops. More recently, other groups have formed specifically to welcome gay and lesbian Scouts and leaders banned from other Scouting organizations.