Course Connections
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Adult Learning Cycle
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Experience
Process
Generalize
Apply
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Connective elements
On their own or debrief
Learning session
Overnight and ticket
Wood Badge Learning Sessions
Day One:
Listening to Learn; Values, Mission, and Vision
Day Two:
Inclusiveness; Stages of Team Development;
Communication; Project Planning; Rockets
Day Three:
The Leading EDGETM/The Teaching EDGETM;
October Sky
Day Four:
Leading Change; Valuing People and Leveraging
Diversity; Problem Solving and Decision Making;
Managing Conflict
Day Five:
Coaching and Mentoring; Self-Assessment
Day Six:
Interfaith Worship Service; Leaving a Legacy;
Summary Session
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Day One
Course Overview
Listening to Learn
Blue and Gold Banquet—Opening Luncheon
Troop Meeting 1
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Values, Mission, and Vision
Patrol Meeting
Who-Me Game
Instructional Campfire
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Day Two
Troop Meeting 2
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Front-End Alignment Game
Inclusiveness
Stages of Team Development
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Patrol Chaplain Aides Meeting
Communication
Project Planning
Rockets
Wood Badge Game Show
Win All You Can Game
Day Three
Interfaith Worship Service
Troop Meeting 3
The Leading EDGETM/The Teaching EDGETM
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Conservation Project Planning
October Sky
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Day Four
Outdoor Experience Assembly
Leading Change
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Valuing People and Leveraging Diversity
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Problem Solving Round-Robin
Managing Conflict
The Diversity Game
Participant Campfire
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Day Five
Coaching and Mentoring
Conservation Project
Self-Assessment
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Ticket Review
Patrol Project Assessments
Patrol Campfire
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Day Six
Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
Interfaith Worship Service
Closing Luncheon
Leaving a Legacy
Summary Session
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Summary
• This is not a definitive list.
• Reinforce learning with the Gilwell Gazette.
• Adults learn by experiencing, processing,
generalizing, and applying.
• Keeping things in sequence is key.
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Wood Badge:
It’s not a carton of eggs!
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