Scoutmaster Podcast 138

Swiss Army knife joke — after opening all the tools, you'll have a broken finger, so the nail file is most important

Listener mail from Jim Woods (four ways to be a leader post), Mike Lotties (scout parent problems post), Jason Reedy (new Scoutmaster, Troop 101 Colonial Heights VA), and Mike Rossender (phases of leadership development); plus a Kickstarter T-shirt project update and episode preview

Why smart people are often bad teachers — the tendency to over-explain and tell the whole story, and how Scoutmasters can focus their instruction with 'breadcrumbs'

Walter Underwood's contribution cited — article by Burke Camber on effective teaching as a 'long con' and how it applies to Scoutmaster instruction and mentoring

Frank Maynard and a Scoutmaster ask whether running merit badge workshops at troop meetings is a workable format; Clarke argues the independent process of earning merit badges is the primary benefit