National Association for Interpretation 2013 National Workshop, Reno, Nevada
Blogging for Science and Fun!
By Sharol Nelson-Embry, East Bay Regional Park District
INTERPRETIVE RATING SCALE:
Interpretive Principles and Concepts
1.
2.
3.
4.
Adequate Not
Present
It relates to personal experience (1st Principle)
It is revelation based on information
(2nd Principle)
It is provocative (4th Principle)
It is thematic: presents a whole rather than parts,
or separate facts (5th Principle)
5.
The use of a Tangible object links to other
intangible meanings
6.
Use of an icon leads to other tangible resources
and intangible meanings (Defined as symbols,
metaphors, platforms, or transporter beams that
focus meaning and connect audiences)
There’s an effective use of a Universal Concept
(examples: beauty, love, family, happiness, sorrow)
Interpretive Quotient (add up each column & total
then divide by 7):
7.
Super
Super =2; Adequate=1; Not Present=0
"IF FACTS ARE THE SEEDS THAT LATER PRODUCE KNOWLEDGE AND
WISDOM, THEN THE EMOTIONS AND THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE
SENSES ARE THE FERTILE SOIL IN WHICH THE SEEDS MUST
GROW...ONCE THE EMOTIONS HAVE BEEN AROUSED — A SENSE OF
THE BEAUTIFUL, THE EXCITEMENT OF THE NEW AND THE
UNKNOWN, A FEELING OF SYMPATHY, PITY, ADMIRATION, OR LOVE
— THEN WE WISH FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE OBJECT OF OUR
EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. ONCE FOUND, IT HAS LASTING MEANING."
—Rachel Carson