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PRA 255
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Title: | Adv Resource Interpretation |
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Long Title: | Advanced Resource Interpretation |
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Course Description: | Serves as an advanced course in natural and cultural/historic resource interpretation. Provides the student with the skills to plan, prepare, and present exciting and relevant interpretation programs for special visitors and situations using a variety of personal and non-personal techniques. Examples of skills offered include writing and design of site produced publications and exhibit labels, producing basic audio-visual programs, and preparing and presenting special activities such as demonstrations, living history, storytelling, costumed interpretation and dramatic/creative arts. Techniques for the physically or mentally challenged, sensory impaired, elderly and international visitors are discussed. Includes the sensitive handling of controversial/sensitive educational issues. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Compare and contrast the concepts of ecosystem management.
A. The student should be able to:
1. Identify and analyze the biotic and abiotic components and trophic levels and apply this information in relation to symbiosis, ecosystem dynamics, biomes, wildlife biology, and habitat, forest management, plant ecology and water resources.
2. Assess different management strategies and their impacts on natural resources as currently used in the field.
II. Identify the various components of Acquisition Strategies.
A. The student should be able to:
1. Compare and contrast the various acquisition strategies available to the natural resource manager, such as fee acquisition, easements, development rights, density transfers and mineral rights acquisitions.
2. Identity and analyze the basic provisions and limitations of these acquisition strategies.
III. 3. Assess the elements of public policy, politics, and process.
A. The student should be able to:
1. Construct the steps necessary to assure an adequate public review process for natural resource management plans.
2. Analyze the various internal and external public agency processes for plans.
3. Apply appropriate communication skills as related to public review.
4. Compare and contrast the methods of generating public support, and assuring public and political review of natural resource plans.
IV. Compare and contrast various issues and methods of Natural Resource Management.
A. The student should be able to:
1. Construct the various components of comprehensive natural resource management.
2. Apply knowledge of methods such as agricultural use, public use, resource protection/law enforcement, land, water, and mineral acquisition, threatened and endangered species protection, and public process by presenting a term paper on a timely natural resource topic.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Review of basic interpretive principles Tilden`s principles
A. Themes, goals, objectives (TGO`s)
II. Developing Interpretive Strategies
A. Interp = management objective + visitors + resources
III. Solving Site Problems with Interpretation
A. Describe the interpreter`s role in site management
B. Propose interpretation for several identified site problems
IV. Interpretive Writing
A. Identify characteristics of effective interpretive writing
B. Outline a process to get started
C. Write, edit, rewrite
V. Wayside Exhibits
A. Advantages/disadvantages
B. Develop a site wayside plan
C. Design one wayside exhibit for the plan
VI. Publications Planning and Design
A. Advantages/disadvantages
B. Style, quality, material, printing considerations
VII. Audio Visual Program Techniques Exhibit Planning and Preparation
VIII. Living History Techniques/Costumed Interpretation
IX. Drama as an Interpretive Technique Storytelling
X Interpreting for children
XI. Education Programs
XII. Special Populations
XIII. Off-site/Outreach
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