It has long been demonstrated that increased appreciation of place initiates stewardship and responsible management of the land. Interpretative design possesses the potential to generate this stewardship through recovering the connections between place and the people that inhabit it. It is essential that interpretation be integrated into the everyday landscape to deepen one's respect of the past and one's commitment to its future. This vision of an interpretive trail in Mission, British Columbia, explores techniques of illuminating place history to inspire and challenge cognitive participation with the landscape. The format of this project begins with a discussion of the values and limits of interpretative methods. Secondly, the study area is introduced through site reconnaissance with special emphasis on historical morphology and social history. Next, interpretive design strategies are explored in conjunction with significant landscape precedents, culminating in a design approach for an interpretive trail on Mission Flats. Six nodes along the trail serve as keystones for this approach, with individual nodes revealing historical processes, both natural and cultural, through design. Akin to Mission Flats, every place is intimately bound to the people and events that have shaped it. Illumination of this connection is the goal of interpretive design. The planning and design phases of development are incomplete without the inclusion of this holistic vision of place. It is therefore imperative that we further explore interpretive design, so that it may be integrated into the oft-impersonal contemporary landscape, for the generation of authentic place identity.

It has long been demonstrated that increased appreciation of place initiates stewardship and responsible management of the land. Interpretative design possesses the potential to generate this stewardship through recovering the connections between place and the people that inhabit it. It is essential that interpretation be integrated into the everyday landscape to deepen one's respect of the past and one's commitment to its future. This vision of an interpretive trail in Mission, British Columbia, explores techniques of illuminating place history to inspire and challenge cognitive participation with the landscape. The format of this project begins with a discussion of the values and limits of interpretative methods. Secondly, the study area is introduced through site reconnaissance with special emphasis on historical morphology and social history. Next, interpretive design strategies are explored in conjunction with significant landscape precedents, culminating in a design approach for an interpretive trail on Mission Flats. Six nodes along the trail serve as keystones for this approach, with individual nodes revealing historical processes, both natural and cultural, through design. Akin to Mission Flats, every place is intimately bound to the people and events that have shaped it. Illumination of this connection is the goal of interpretive design. The planning and design phases of development are incomplete without the inclusion of this holistic vision of place. It is therefore imperative that we further explore interpretive design, so that it may be integrated into the oft-impersonal contemporary landscape, for the generation of authentic place identity. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

A indagação central que norteou esta investigação, conduzida no município de São José do Rio Pardo (SP), refere-se à incorporação de abordagens participativas na construção de estratégias educativas contextualizadas e significativas para a comunidade envolvida, criando oportunidades para reflexão, ação e disseminação de idéias e práticas conservacionistas. Assim, esta pesquisa objetivou planejar um processo participativo de desenvolvimento de uma trilha interpretativa como instrumento de educação ambiental, e analisar como a aplicação de metodologias participativas contribui para um maior envolvimento dos participantes nas diversas etapas deste processo. Representantes das secretarias municipais de Educação, de Cultura, de Turismo e de Agricultura, assim como organizações não governamentais, empresas e estudantes participaram da pesquisa. Todos envolveram-se, em maior ou menor grau, nas várias etapas de construção da trilha interpretativa: no diagnóstico prévio e escolha do local e do público-alvo; na elaboração do roteiro interpretativo; na realização e avaliação das atividades de visita à trilha por estudantes de ensino fundamental; e na avaliação do processo como um todo. As técnicas utilizadas para coleta de dados no diagnóstico e na construção da trilha foram o diagnóstico rural participativo e os grupos focais, já que com ambas as técnicas é possível lidar com a dimensão interativa de um grupo. A trilha interpretativa tem sido considerada como uma estratégia educativa capaz de transcender os aspectos cognitivos da aprendizagem, proporcionando oportunidades de desenvolvimento dos aspectos afetivos e habilidades dos educandos, podendo, portanto, ser considerada um instrumento efetivo de educação ambiental. Contudo, ela deve ser planejada e considerada como parte de um processo mais amplo e, não, apenas como um evento educativo pontual. A construção da trilha constituiu-se em uma oportunidade de reflexão individual e coletiva a respeito de temas ambientais relevantes. A metodologia participativa possibilita lidar com diferentes níveis de convívio em grupo, como o respeito pelas diferenças, a capacidade de negociação e a tomada de decisões em conjunto. O interesse inicial pelo tema, as afinidades pessoais e a experiência prévia de trabalho em grupo por parte de alguns dos participantes facilitaram o envolvimento em todas as etapas do projeto. Algumas das dificuldades que podem ser encontradas na continuidade de projetos participativos vão desde a seqüência das atividades - quando a pesquisadora se afasta do grupo - até mudanças no cenário político nos quais estes projetos tenham sido iniciados, o que justifica a importância da participação de representantes também da iniciativa privada e de ONGs. A metodologia participativa, além de gerar uma autonomia dos integrantes do grupo, proporciona maiores possibilidades de continuidade do projeto e possibilita novas iniciativas de ações de conservação e educação ambiental por parte dos envolvidos / The central issue of this investigation, which was conducted in the city of São José do Rio Pardo (SP), is the incorporation of participatory approaches to developing contextualized and significant educational strategies for the community involved, thus creating opportunities for reflection, action and spread of conservationist ideas and practices. This research, therefore, aimed to plan a participatory process of developing an interpretive trail as a tool for environmental education and assess the application of such methodologies in the engagement of the local participants in the different steps of this process. Representatives from the municipal departments for Education, Culture, Tourism and Agriculture as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations, companies and students participated in the research. All of them, to a greater or lesser extent, took part in the different steps in the process of creating the interpretive trail: the early diagnosis of the place; the choice of the place and target public; the creation of the interpretive itinerary; the accomplishment and assessment of the activities involved in the visit to the trail made by secondary school students; and the assessment of the process as a whole. Since techniques of participatory rural appraisal and focus groups can provide an interactive dimension of a group, they were used for collecting data from the diagnosis and the development of the trail. Interpretive trail has been shown to be an educational strategy capable of transcending the cognitive aspects of the learning and providing students with opportunities to develop their affective aspects and skills. Thus, it can be considered as an effective tool for environmental education. Nevertheless, it should be first considered as a part of a wider process rather than a prompt educational event. The process consisted of opportunities for individual and collective reflection on the relevant environmental themes. The group life, the respect for differences, and the ability to compromise and make collective decisions were evolved. The initial interest in the theme, the personal affinities, and the previous experience some of the participants had in working group facilitated the engagement, participation and articulation. Some of the difficulties in continuing participatory projects range from the sequence of activities – when the researcher leaves the group – to changes in the political context in which they were initiated. It can explain the importance of the participation of representatives from the private and service sectors. The participatory methodology generates the autonomy of the participants, thus promoting further possibilities for continuing the project and allowing new initiatives for conservationist actions and environmental education from the participants

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:05:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EmilieSAC_DISSERT.pdf: 9398699 bytes, checksum: 07cd6b92da6f834eb137538993315d03 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-25 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The research aims to evaluate the contributions of a teaching unit to enhance the learning contents ecological green areas in elementary school. The work was conducted with elementary students in a public school in Natal-RN. We sought to identify the students? previous knowledge about the contents of ecology, develop and implement a Potentially Meaningful Teaching Units PMTU; assess learning of ecological concepts in Teaching Unit Potentially Significant; assess the contribution of interpretative trail as strategy teaching to learning content ecology. The survey of students? previous knowledge through the pre-test was essential to identify the appropriate subsumers and partially correct, since they served as "anchor" for further expansion of scientific concepts contained in this research. The green areas of the school as an educational, contributed the motivational aspect, as students were protagonists throughout the entire process of teaching and learning. The method of stimulated memory was effective to evidence learning ecological concepts in interpretive trails. The use of diverse activities organized on a PMTU promoted intellectual autonomy of the students and facilitated the acquisition of new meanings through progressive differentiation, and integrative reconciliation consolidation of ecological content and concepts related to biotic and abiotic factors on the basis of the central ideas thematic Life and Environment. The development of procedural skills to capture and share meanings, observe, collect and record data, hypotheses, ability to explain, to apply knowledge to solve problem situations, argue, identify, compare, differentiate and relate concepts, negotiate meanings, reflecting Critically, systematize data was evidenced. Collaborative activities promoted the incorporation of attitudinal contents as developing respect for differences, learn to work in teams to plan, develop and implement actions together for citizenship and environmental responsibility. The application of the Potentially Meaningful Teaching Units PMTU showed evidence of Critical meaningful learning ecological concepts covered in elementary school. / A pesquisa visa avaliar as contribui??es de uma unidade de ensino para potencializar a aprendizagem de conte?dos ecol?gicos em ?reas verdes da escola no ensino fundamental. O trabalho foi realizado com alunos do ensino fundamental de uma escola p?blica em Natal-RN. Buscou-se identificar os conhecimentos pr?vios dos alunos sobre os conte?dos de ecologia; elaborar e aplicar uma Unidade de Ensino Potencialmente Significativa - UEPS; avaliar a aprendizagem dos conceitos de ecologia na Unidade de Ensino Potencialmente Significativa; avaliar a contribui??o de trilha interpretativa como estrat?gia de ensino para aprendizagem de conte?dos de ecologia. O levantamento dos conhecimentos pr?vios dos alunos por meio do pr?-teste foi essencial ? identifica??o dos subsun?ores adequados e parcialmente adequados, pois serviram como ?ncora para posterior amplia??o dos conceitos cient?ficos contidos nesta pesquisa. As ?reas verdes da escola como espa?o educativo, contribuiu no aspecto motivacional, pois os alunos foram protagonistas ao longo de todo processo de ensino-aprendizagem. O M?todo da lembran?a estimulado mostrou-se eficaz para evidenciar aprendizagem de conceitos ecol?gicos em trilhas interpretativas. A utiliza??o de atividades diversificadas organizadas em uma UEPS promoveu a autonomia intelectual dos alunos e facilitou a aquisi??o de novos significados por meio da diferencia??o progressiva; da reconcilia??o integrativa e consolida??o dos conte?dos ecol?gicos e conceitos relacionados a fatores bi?ticos e abi?ticos com base nas ideias centrais do eixo tem?tico Vida e Ambiente. O desenvolvimento de habilidades procedimentais como captar e compartilhar significados, observar, coletar e registrar dados, levantar hip?teses, capacidade de explicar, de aplicar o conhecimento para resolver situa??es-problema, argumentar, identificar, comparar, diferenciar e relacionar conceitos, negociar significados, refletir criticamente, sistematizar dados foi evidenciado. As atividades colaborativas promoveram a incorpora??o de conte?dos atitudinais como desenvolver o respeito ?s diferen?as, saber trabalhar em equipe ao planejar, elaborar e executar em conjunto a??es de cidadania e responsabilidade socioambiental. A aplica??o da Unidade de Ensino Potencialmente Significativa- UEPS mostrou evid?ncias de aprendizagem significativa cr?tica sobre conceitos ecol?gicos contemplados no ensino fundamental

A indagação central que norteou esta investigação, conduzida no município de São José do Rio Pardo (SP), refere-se à incorporação de abordagens participativas na construção de estratégias educativas contextualizadas e significativas para a comunidade envolvida, criando oportunidades para reflexão, ação e disseminação de idéias e práticas conservacionistas. Assim, esta pesquisa objetivou planejar um processo participativo de desenvolvimento de uma trilha interpretativa como instrumento de educação ambiental, e analisar como a aplicação de metodologias participativas contribui para um maior envolvimento dos participantes nas diversas etapas deste processo. Representantes das secretarias municipais de Educação, de Cultura, de Turismo e de Agricultura, assim como organizações não governamentais, empresas e estudantes participaram da pesquisa. Todos envolveram-se, em maior ou menor grau, nas várias etapas de construção da trilha interpretativa: no diagnóstico prévio e escolha do local e do público-alvo; na elaboração do roteiro interpretativo; na realização e avaliação das atividades de visita à trilha por estudantes de ensino fundamental; e na avaliação do processo como um todo. As técnicas utilizadas para coleta de dados no diagnóstico e na construção da trilha foram o diagnóstico rural participativo e os grupos focais, já que com ambas as técnicas é possível lidar com a dimensão interativa de um grupo. A trilha interpretativa tem sido considerada como uma estratégia educativa capaz de transcender os aspectos cognitivos da aprendizagem, proporcionando oportunidades de desenvolvimento dos aspectos afetivos e habilidades dos educandos, podendo, portanto, ser considerada um instrumento efetivo de educação ambiental. Contudo, ela deve ser planejada e considerada como parte de um processo mais amplo e, não, apenas como um evento educativo pontual. A construção da trilha constituiu-se em uma oportunidade de reflexão individual e coletiva a respeito de temas ambientais relevantes. A metodologia participativa possibilita lidar com diferentes níveis de convívio em grupo, como o respeito pelas diferenças, a capacidade de negociação e a tomada de decisões em conjunto. O interesse inicial pelo tema, as afinidades pessoais e a experiência prévia de trabalho em grupo por parte de alguns dos participantes facilitaram o envolvimento em todas as etapas do projeto. Algumas das dificuldades que podem ser encontradas na continuidade de projetos participativos vão desde a seqüência das atividades - quando a pesquisadora se afasta do grupo - até mudanças no cenário político nos quais estes projetos tenham sido iniciados, o que justifica a importância da participação de representantes também da iniciativa privada e de ONGs. A metodologia participativa, além de gerar uma autonomia dos integrantes do grupo, proporciona maiores possibilidades de continuidade do projeto e possibilita novas iniciativas de ações de conservação e educação ambiental por parte dos envolvidos / The central issue of this investigation, which was conducted in the city of São José do Rio Pardo (SP), is the incorporation of participatory approaches to developing contextualized and significant educational strategies for the community involved, thus creating opportunities for reflection, action and spread of conservationist ideas and practices. This research, therefore, aimed to plan a participatory process of developing an interpretive trail as a tool for environmental education and assess the application of such methodologies in the engagement of the local participants in the different steps of this process. Representatives from the municipal departments for Education, Culture, Tourism and Agriculture as well as representatives of non-governmental organizations, companies and students participated in the research. All of them, to a greater or lesser extent, took part in the different steps in the process of creating the interpretive trail: the early diagnosis of the place; the choice of the place and target public; the creation of the interpretive itinerary; the accomplishment and assessment of the activities involved in the visit to the trail made by secondary school students; and the assessment of the process as a whole. Since techniques of participatory rural appraisal and focus groups can provide an interactive dimension of a group, they were used for collecting data from the diagnosis and the development of the trail. Interpretive trail has been shown to be an educational strategy capable of transcending the cognitive aspects of the learning and providing students with opportunities to develop their affective aspects and skills. Thus, it can be considered as an effective tool for environmental education. Nevertheless, it should be first considered as a part of a wider process rather than a prompt educational event. The process consisted of opportunities for individual and collective reflection on the relevant environmental themes. The group life, the respect for differences, and the ability to compromise and make collective decisions were evolved. The initial interest in the theme, the personal affinities, and the previous experience some of the participants had in working group facilitated the engagement, participation and articulation. Some of the difficulties in continuing participatory projects range from the sequence of activities – when the researcher leaves the group – to changes in the political context in which they were initiated. It can explain the importance of the participation of representatives from the private and service sectors. The participatory methodology generates the autonomy of the participants, thus promoting further possibilities for continuing the project and allowing new initiatives for conservationist actions and environmental education from the participants

The main aim of this diploma thesis is to work out the optimization project proposal of the interpretive trails in the selected area of the Třeboň basin. The result of the optimization is creation of new product in the area of interest. The aim of the project is to contribute to the revival of some places in the nature trail through the innovative product.

Notre travail est inspiré, d'un côté, par des constats concordants effectués sur 'le terrain' et, de l'autre, par les recherches relatives à la dimension culturelle des enseignements de langue et par l'actualité des questions culturelles. il se propose donc de montrer comment la sémantique, interprétative en particulier, tout en aidant à renouveler la didactique du lexique et du texte, peut contribuer non seulement à réduire significativement le déficit herméneutique et culturel observé dans les pratiques de lecture en classe de français au cameroun mais aussi à répondre aux attentes de nos textes de référence et aux défis culturels du monde actuels.ce travail opte pour une configuration didactique articulant approche(s) culturelle(s), sémantique interprétative, textes et recherches actuelles sur le lexique, méthodes d'enseignement/apprentissage des langues suggérées par l'approche communicative qui se double ici de la perspective actionnelle. large mais homogène, notre corpus se constitue d'enquêtes, de documents à caractère pédagogique et didactique en usage dans le système éducatif camerounais. il permettra de mettre en lumière certains aspects significatifs des cultures éducatives et linguistiques dans lesquelles l'enseignement du français (et donc de la lecture) s'inscrit au cameroun.le travail, proprement dit, s'articulera autour de trois parties. la première approche, sur le plan historique, le français dans sa formation et son enseignement, la didactique, la sémantique, les pratiques de lecture dans leurs dimensions culturelles. la seconde porte, quant à elle, sur la description et l'analyse des représentations et des pratiques de lectureen classe de français. la dernière, enfin, se consacre à la mise en œuvre des éléments de sémantique dans les activités de vocabulaire et de lecture. grâce à l'objet d'étude, aux champs disciplinaires choisis et à la configuration didactique retenue, il s'agit, en somme, dans ce travail, d'aider à l''installation' d'une compétence (inter)culturelle chez les apprenants camerounais à travers un renouvellement des pratiques interprétatives. / Nowadays, there is a renewal of interest in cultural issues. This enhanced interest stems from recognition of formerly undervalued cultures, the migration of peoples and cultures, globalization, extremism. The culture is at the same time a factor of integration and exclusion. Such a context entails cultural matters as the hobbyhorse of the French class entrusted with an unwritten mission of peacemaking, connecting people and cultures, thanks to his teaching contents.In this respect, the glossary and the texts are precious teaching aids all the more as the French class reveals problems of comprehension, interpretation of passages related to ignorance of their cultural dimension on the one hand, and on the other hand the primacy of formalism and technicism in pedagogic and didactic management of reading sessions. This doctoral thesis seeks to answer the double question of to what extent the interpretative semantics can help rehabilitate the meaning by promoting, during lexical and textual sessions, interpretative activities that highlight in all kinds of texts the relationship language, meaning, culture, society and achieve the objectives of the cultural training, the challenges of national integration and globalization. Its ambition is also to significantly fill this hermeneutic and cultural gap by renewing some classroom practices through interpretive semantics of which this thesis intends to be a didactic transposition.

The aim of this thesis is to implement a qualitative analysis on interpretive trails, which are also considered part of local heritage interpretation. This analysis verifies if the authors of panels used recommendations published in two known methodologies during their preparation phase. This research is applied on eighteen interpretive trails in the protected landscape area of Český kras. In the practical part of this thesis, each interpretive trail has been evaluated by applying nine criteria. The outcome of the thesis is an evaluation of visuals and content composed on the interpretive trail panels for the purpose of attractive communication. The most significant deficiencies of the panels of interpretive trails in the protected landscape area of Český kras are quality of graphical design, whether the text communicates with the reader and if the text does not require linear reading. On the other hand, the most important strengths of interpretive trail panels are that the visual elements are always well connected to the content of the text on the panel and the text is easily read without specialised terms. The interpretive trail that has reached the best evaluation in the qualitative analysis is Vodácká NS Berounka. On the other hand, the trails with the lowest scores were NS Památné stromy Karlštejnska and NS Klonk-Suchomasty.