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NPS Training
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The
Center for Heritage Resource Studies
at the University of Maryland, together with the National
Park Service
Archeology & Ethnography Program
and the NPS
Stephen T. Mather Training Center in
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, has designed a four-module
training course in archaeology and interpretation.
This program builds on NPS on-line
distance learning courses and is designed to meet the
shared
competency in archaeology and interpretation in the
National Park Service.
This training program covers
a full range of interdisciplinary issues that enable archaeologists
and interpreters to work together to provide effective and
accurate interpretation of archaeological resources to the
public. Training offered in this course mixes traditional
classroom settings with self-paced online curricula, partner
learning, on-site case-studies, and peer evaluation.
The manual for the four-part
program is entitled:
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Effective
Interpretation of Archeological Resources
a
four-part program for archeologists and interpreters
now available
online in
MSWord and html
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This course begins in Fall
2005 and is open to archaeologists,
interpreters, historians and others responsible for programs
in archeological research, interpretation and education
in the National Park Service,
through the University of Maryland's Office
of Continuing Education. In addition to National
Park Service archeologists and interpreters, representatives
from state and local agencies and non-profit heritage organizations
are also invited to participate.
The four modules in this course
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The
Public Meaning of Archaeological Heritage
(Selected presentations
now available online)
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Subject
Matter Training: Archaeology/Interpretation
(two on-line, interactive distance learning modules
developed by NPS:
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Study
Tour of Archeological Interpretation Programs
(behind-the-scenes tours and critical assessment of
archaeological interpretation at sites in the Washington,
DC region)
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Archeological
Interpretive Products and Assessments
(a two-day evaluation seminar - in 2005 this seminar
will be held in Charleston, South Carolina in conjunction
with the 8th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium)
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The program is designed to
expand upon existing NPS training programs.
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