Facilitator A person who encourages and enables a process, such as learning, planning and training, interpreting or teaching.
Related Terms: Docent, Educator
First-person Living History Interpretation The act of portraying a person from the past (real or composite). The intent of this style is to present the attitudes, briefs, viewpoints, language, and mannerisms of another period in history in a way that is immediate, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Through the portrayal of a character they create for the visitor the illusion that their historic personage has returned to life. Also known as “character interpretation” or “first-person interpretation.” (Association for Living History Farms And Museums)
Formal Education/Learning The hierarchically structured, chronologically graded ‘education system’, running from primary school through the university and including, in addition to general academic studies, a variety of specialized programs and institutions for full-time technical and professional training. (Adapted from The Encyclopedia of Informal Education, 2006).
Related Terms: Nonformal Education/Learning, Informal Education/Learning
Formal Interpretation All scheduled presentations, personal or non-personal, that have a theme, goal and objective with desirable measurable outcomes.
Free Choice Learning The type of learning guided by a person's needs and interests – learning people engage in throughout their lives to find out more about what is useful, compelling or just plain interesting to them. (Institute for Learning Innovation)
Friends Group An advocacy organization of interested citizens and volunteers who assist agencies or organizations in building constituency support; soliciting and accepting charitable contributions, grants and
funding from other sources. Sometimes inappropriately interchanged with cooperating association – these groups may have a different structure and purpose, depending on the organization
with which they are associated.
Related Terms: Cooperating association