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Introduction to Heritage Interpretation
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307 students

Introduction to Heritage Interpretation

Understanding the Meaning Behind Heritage
Created byTaman Belajar, Bina Nusantara University
Last updated 3/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • Students will have a foundational knowledge about the basic concepts and theories about interpretation
  • Students will have foundational skills to plan for interpretive programs
  • Students will have the foundational skills to deliver interpretive programs
  • Students will have the foundational skills to evaluate interpretive programs

Course content

5 sections • 11 lectures • 56m total length

  • Overview2:02

    Explore the foundation of heritage interpretation. Learn how to communicate the meanings and significance of heritage sources to diverse audiences, from educators to tour guides.

Requirements

  • No special conditions required

Description

This course teaches the foundation of heritage interpretation. Interpretation is defined as “A mission-based communication process that forges emotional and intellectual connections between the interests of the audience and the meanings inherent in the resources” (National Association of Interpretation) and usually is used as an educational method to teach about the meanings of heritage to the audiences. This course teaches the basic concepts and theories about heritage interpretation, and technical skills in how to plan, implement, and evaluate interpretive programs.

This course consists of 10 modules, including:


  1. Reviewing the Basics

  2. Exploring Our Roots

  3. Interpretation Theory Part 1

  4. Interpretation Theory Part 2

  5. Program Preparation Part 1

  6. Program Preparation Part 2

  7. Message Delivery Techniques

  8. Program Delivery Part 1

  9. Program Delivery Part 2, and

  10. Self-Improvement

This course can be used to complement a Guiding course. The materials in this course will be beneficial to the governmental, private, public-private, non-governmental. Specifically, the materials in this course will be beneficial to educators (teachers and lecturers), tour guides, hobbyists, students, naturalists, and many others, or anyone who simply wants to learn basic knowledge of heritage interpretation. It is encouraged that students of this course practice the skills beyond the course to have a more thorough understanding about the foundation of interpretation.

Who this course is for:

  • The materials in this course will be beneficial to educators (teachers and lecturers), tour guides, hobbyists, students, naturalists, and many others, or anyone who simply wants to learn basic knowledge of heritage interpretation.

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