Making Mangrove - Seameo-SPAFA

Setting Up Nature Education Centresand Interpretation ProgrammesNoor Azlin Yahyabehavioural changes in the audience. It ideally proceedsin the following sequence: interpretation - attraction -exposure - understanding - appreciation - environmentalprotection.The must-have elements of interpretation, accordingto learning expert Freeman Tilden, consists in relating,revealing, and provoking. They combine in a holisticway, often involving art, expression and analysis.Analogies, comparisons, personal anecdotes should beused to relate to what the audience knows and caresabout. The emphasis should be on relationships ratherthan facts and figures. The tone should be human,pleasurable, relevant, fun and meaningful, for peoplemay forget specific details but not their feelings of theevent they have experienced. The presentation wasconcluded with an assertion from the speakers thatthe theme is always central to the interpretation, and,as in every good story, there is a clear beginning andan end.24 Making Mangrove Eco-MuseumsMaking Mangrove Eco-Museums 25