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Interpretive views : opinions on evaluating interpretation in the National Park Service /

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Contributors: Machlis, Gary E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. (1701 18th St., N.W., Washington 20009) : National Parks and Conservation Association, ©1986.
Subjects and Genres:
United States. > National Park Service
United States. > National Park Service.
États-Unis. > National Park Service.
National parks and reserves > Interpretive programs > Evaluation.
National parks and reserves > Interpretive programs > United States > Evaluation.
national parks.
Parcs nationaux > Programmes d'interprétation > Évaluation.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis > Programmes d'interprétation > Évaluation.
Parcs nationaux > Programmes d'interprétation > États-Unis > Évaluation.
United States.
National parks and reserves > Interpretive programs > Evaluation
National parks and reserves > Interpretive programs > United States > Evaluation
United States > National Park Service
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The setting
  • 1. Evaluation and interpretation : a literature review
  • Pt. 2. From the parks
  • 2. "What" comes before "how"
  • 3. Judgement of the child : a brief polemic
  • 4. What value interpretation
  • 5. A high calling
  • 6. Going for the gold
  • Pt 3. From the office
  • 7. Evaluating the role of NPS interpretation
  • 8. Skating the thin ice
  • 9. How should interpretation be evaluated? : a management perspective
  • 10. How should interpretation be evaluated? : a personal perspective
  • Pt. 4. From the universities
  • 11. Evaluating the role of interpretation
  • 12. Evaluation : the interpreter's dilemma
  • 13. Evaluation of interpretation
  • 14. A new mandate for interpretation
  • Pt. 5. From the concessioners
  • 15. Four dimensions of interpretation
  • 16. A concessioner's viewpoint
  • 17. The Park Service-concessioner team
  • 18. Evaluating interpretation as part of doing business
  • Pt. 6. From the outside
  • 19. Some notes on interpretation
  • 20. Interpretation : more than an illusion
  • 21. Market pre-testing of interpretatioon
  • 22. Only an individualist succeeds
  • 23. Park interpretation : an evaluative process
  • Pt. 7. Conclusion
  • 24. Toward a policy fo evaluating NPS interpretation

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