1. Personal interpretation – where a person is directly responsible for the delivery of interpretation
2. Non personal interpretation – situation where media (such as print and audiovisual) is the primary mechinism for the delivery of interpretation
3. Interpretive technique: method of communicating ideas and feelings eg. roleplay, interactive media, print media, spoken word
4. Interpretive theme: the body of the interpretation – area from which message of interpretation taken
5. Interpretive message: simple yet meaningful statement that embodies the interpretation
Interpretation as defined by Freeman Tilden – is “an educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information.” It looks at the larger truth behind a statement of fact and should enrich the human spirit and mind. Tilden’s Principles of Interpretation outlines the six basic rules of interpretation, which you need to become familiar with.
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”A tour guide is a person who leads groups of people around a town, museum, or other tourist venue. The tour guide provides a commentary on the features and history of the location, the tours can be from as little as 10-15 minutes to extended periods over many days. Considerable importance is placed on the guide’s knowledge of local stories, history and culture depending on the location of the tour – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_guide Wikipedia:Tour Guide August 2007
This is a course for learning or validating the skills and duties involved in tour guiding for a tourism organisation.
Your lecturer’s David Seath and Hillary Jenkins welcome you. We will be guiding you through this course – hopefully challenging and inspiring you and bringing to life just exactly what a tour guide does.
David has a varied background – he spends most of his time taking groups rock climbing, tramping and mountaineering in the wonderful NZ outdoors and I will have introduced myself in our first class session
The following presentation is an overview of the different job opportunities available in the guiding industry.
We want you to contribute to the blog so in our first session we will sort this out and I will invite you to make your first post.
