Links to Resources Around the World
Scroll down to find on-line handbooks, standards, articles, organizations and more!
Heritage Interpreter National Occupational Standards
Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council
http://www.emerit.ca
Register, find your way to on-line learning, order, and check back later under My Orders to download a pdf version. (they also offer an online course and certification)
Journal of Interpretation Research
Abstracts available for recent issues and full articles available for issues more than two years old.
http://www.interpnet.com/JIR/
Best Practices in Museum Website Design
This guide to building educational web sites offers tools and resources, models, and examples.
http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/ A Sense of Place; An interpretive planning handbook
http://www.scotinterpnet.org.uk/pdfs/sofp.pdf
Published by the Scottish Interpretation Network. [PDF, 3.7Mb]
Museum Education Monitor
Current research, journal articles and much more, plus interesting articles.
http://www.mccastle.com/publications.asp
Articles of Interest
Downloadable articles by Dr. Sam Ham, John Veverka or from the Association of Heritage Interpretation (UK).
Other Canadian Organizations
http://www.interpretiveguides.org/ - Interpretive Guides Association (Canadian Mountain Parks)
http://http://www.aqip.ca/ - L'Association Québécoise d'Interprétation du Patrimoine
http://www.caza.ca/ - Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums
http://www.eecom.org/ - Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
http://www.cpaws.org/ - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
http://www.chin.gc.ca/l - Canadian Heritage Information Network
Canadian Museum Associations: National, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut.
Other National Organizations Two new ones as of summer 2010:
http://www.interpret-europe.net/ - Interpret Europe
http://www.interpchina.com - Interpret China
http://www.interpnet.org/ - National Association of Interpretation (US)
http://www.heritageinterpretation.org.uk/ - Association for Heritage Interpretation (UK)
http://www.interpretationaustralia.asn.au/ - Interpretation Australia
http://www.scotinterpnet.org.uk/ - The Scottish Interpretation Network
http://aam-us.org/ - American Association of Museums
http://aore.org/ - Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education
http://www.naaee.org/ - North American Association for Environmental Education
http://www.museumlearning.com/ - Museum Learning Collaborative
http://nwpubliclands.com/index.htm - Northwest Interpretive Association
http://www.natctr.org/ - Association of Nature Center Administrators
http://www.anpr.org/ - Association of National Park Rangers
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/ - Environmental Education Department of the US EPA
http://www.alhfam.org/ - The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums
Tilden’s Principles of Interpretation
Freeman Tilden’s classic book Interpreting our Heritage is still an inspiration as well as a practical toolbox. Find out more at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_interpretation#.22Tilden.27s_principles.22_of_interpretation
Some interpreters read the book every spring, cover to cover:
Tilden, F. (1957) Interpreting our Heritage. University of North Carolina Press, North Carolina ISBN 0807840165
Learning About Learning
Current approaches in education are always changing. Former national chair Lisa McIntosh has provided some of her favorite references here.
Informal Education
http://www.infed.org
Constructivism for Museums
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html
Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC)
A good searchable resource
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
Judging Excellence in Exhibitions
http://www.msu.edu/~dillenbu/EJ/home.html
Links re the article “Modern Alternatives to Standards: the future of IC” in InterpScan 32:4
Gladwell, Malcolm, 2008 “Reinventing Invention”: Stories from the Near Future, the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/video/conference/2008/gladwell
Robinson, Sir Ken, 2008 “Changing Paradigms”: on receiving the 2008 Royal Society for the Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal.
http://vodpod.com/watch/851997-rsa-sir-ken-robinson
Coulter, D. et al, 2007“A Question of Judgment: A Response to Standards for the Education, Competence and Professional Conduct of Educators in British Columbia.” Educational Insights, 11(3).
http://www.ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v11n03/articles/coulter/coulter.html
Lester, Stan, 1999 “Professional bodies, CPD and informal learning:
the case of conservation.” Continuing Professional Development 3 (4), 110-121.
http://www.sld.demon.co.uk/cpd.pdf
Heritage Interpreter National Occupational Standards,
second edition, 2005 Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council.
http://www.emerit.ca
(Register, find your way to on-line learning, order, and check back later under My Orders to download a pdf version. While you are there, take a look at the other Heritage Interpreter training and certification products.)
Created on 02/13/2006 10:57 PM by ChrisMathieson
Updated on 08/30/2010 02:53 PM by sueellenfast
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