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Interpretation in Environmental Education—An Introduction to the Papers in this Issue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Elizabeth Beckmann ,
Pat Devlin  and
Stephen Wearing
Elizabeth Beckmann
Affiliation:
Environmental and Heritage Education and Interpretation, Canberra
Pat Devlin
Affiliation:
Department of Human and Leisure Sciences, Lincoln University, NZ
Stephen Wearing
Affiliation:
School of Leisure and Tourism Studies, University of Technology, Sydney
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The sub-editorial group which considered the interpretation papers in the following section consisted of Elizabeth Beckmann, who provided the introduction below, Pat Devlin and Stephen Wearing.

Environmental interpretation occurs as part of the educational continuum that ranges from simple awareness-raising sought by promotional activities to the major attitudinal shifts often pursued in environmental lifestyle education. Interpretation has long been seen by natural resource managers and others not only as “an educational activity…to reveal meaning and relationships” (Tilden 1977) but also as a means of creating “a desire to contribute to environmental conservation” (Aldridge 1974). In 1996 how are we using interpretive theory, techniques and programs to contribute towards developing the cutting edge of environmental education?

Type
Thematic Section—Interpretation and Environmental Education
Information
Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 12 , 1996 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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