Teach To guide the studies of, to impart the knowledge of, to instruct by precept, example, or experience, make known and accepted. (Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary).
Teachable Moment A recognized serendipitous occurrence that may lead to an interpretive opportunity.
Teacher A person whose role is interpreting, explaining, training, and imparting knowledge and skills about people, places, objects, processes, and relationships with a goal to build meaning in the minds of learners.
Teaching Strategies The various aspects of sequencing and organizing the content, specifying learning activities, and deciding how to deliver the content and activities. (Adapted from Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O.(2001). The systematic design of instruction (5th ed.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman. (p. 184).)
Third Person Interpretation A mode of living history interpretation, whether costumed or not, in which the interpreter remains contemporary to the audience. Rather than becoming one with the past, the interpreter maintains a historical distance and is analytical and descriptive of the period being represented. This mode of interpreting places interpreters squarely in the role of historians – looking at the past from an objective viewpoint and within a context relative to events before and after the period being interpreted. The third-person interpreter uses quotes, terminology and activities of the past, not in imitation, but as artifact in and of themselves; aspects of the past that can be examined with as much validity as any three-dimensional object.(Association for Living History Farms and Museums)
Tourists People who travel to & stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business & other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited!
Training The systemic process of developing knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes for current or future jobs through formal or informal learning experiences.
Related Terms: Professional development