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Interpretation & Education Session Keith W. Sproule

Terms (ideas) We Will Discuss • Interpretation • Conservation Messages • Case Studies: • Sri Lanka • Cyprus • Republic of Georgia

Interpretation Educational Philosophy & Interpretation Family Excursion in Sri Lanka Questions to Ponder

Interpretation defined... “The process of stimulating and encouraging an appreciation of our natural and cultural heritage and of communicating nature conservation ideals and practices.�

-- Queensland National Parks & Wildlife Service

Interpretation defined... “Interpretation is a communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and the inherent meanings in the resource.�

--- National Association for Interpretation

Interpretation defined...

Interpretation is the art of . . . “revealing the soul behind the resources.�

--- Freeman Tilden

Experiential Education Real Learning, Real Education

“Experiencing” a site through the senses …. sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.

“Reflection” . . . taking time to pause, and put what the senses have learned into a framework that allows for understanding.

Experience + Reflection = Education - - John Dewey

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Presentation Questions to Ponder How well does your interpretation program incorporate the senses?

Are your guests or visitors invited to smell, taste and touch in addition to see and hear?

How might more sensory input be included in your interpretive programs?

Do you or your guides plan for the requisite reflection to achieve real learning?

Protected Areas (PA’s)

Most protected areas (PA’s) are “under-resourced and poorly managed, offering little in the way of real protection. Global estimates suggest that as many as 70-80% of the PAs that have been established worldwide are protected in name only and are not actively managed at all.”

In other words, they are “paper parks.”

-- World Wildlife Fund

Presentation Questions to Ponder Do you have a “sister city” relationship?

Do you have a sister “forest” or “protected area” relationship?

Who actually manufactures your interpretion signage? Materials?

Community Conservation in an “Eco-Village” in North Cyprus

Buyukkonuk Eco-Village The The potential potential for for community-based community-based tourism tourism development development in in Buyukkonuk Buyukkonuk Village Village is is based based on on the the cultural cultural heritage heritage of of the the region, region, diversity diversity of of the the landscape, landscape, location location at at the the entrance entrance to to the the Karpaz Karpaz peninsula, peninsula, proximity proximity to to Kantara Kantara Castle Castle and and the the commitment commitment of of village village residents residents toward toward achieving achieving such such aa vision. vision.

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Terms (ideas) We Discussed Interpretation Community Conservation Protected Areas (PA’s)

Presenter Keith Sproule 7103 Pine Cone Ct. Niwot, CO 80503 Tel: 303-718-0527 kwsproule@aol.com