Visitor centres and environmental interpretation: An exploration of the relationships among visitor enjoyment,understanding and mindfulness |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Urology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;2. Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;3. Department of Medical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;4. Center for Health Economics Research Hannover, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany;5. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;6. Department of Nephrology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;1. Normandie Univ, France;2. UNICAEN, EA2608, OeReCa, F-14032 Caen, France;3. USC-INRA 1377, F-14032 Caen, France;4. Jumenterie du Pin, Institut Français du Cheval et de l’Equitation, 61310 Exmes, France;5. UNICAEN, CMABIO, F-14032 Caen, France;1. Small Vertebrates Reproduction, Laboratory of Research on Arid Areas, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology, DZ-16111 El Alia, Algiers, Algeria;2. Mammal Ecophysiology, Laboratory of Research on Arid Areas, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Houari Boumediene University of Sciences and Technology, DZ-16111 El Alia, Algiers, Algeria;3. Faculty of Sciences, Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Algiers University I, Algeria;4. CEBC, UMR-7372 CNRS ULR, 79360 Villiers en Bois France;5. University of Lyon, UMRS 449, Laboratory of General Biology, Catholic University of Lyon, Reproduction and Comparative Development/EPHE,10 place des archives, 69002 Lyon, France;1. Dept. of Earth Sciences, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;2. Dept. of Geography, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK;3. Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Bristol, Queens Building, Bristol, UK;1. Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Polo Científico e Tecnológico da Madeira, Floor – 2, Caminho da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal;2. Universidade Nova, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal;3. University of Madeira, UMa – Faculdade de Ciências Exactas e da Engenharia, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9020-105 Funchal, Portugal;4. Instituto Superior Tecnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Environmental interpretation, a key concept in the literature on environmental education, has usually been studied in relation to visitor centres at national parks and historic sites. This article reported a secondary data analysis of material originally collected by the Countryside Commission on 17 British visitor centres. The aims of the current research were to explore more fully the relationships among key variables related to environmental interpretation; namely visitor enjoyment, visitors' information recall, visitor mindfulness and visitors' own beliefs in how much they had learned. Using a series of partial correlation coefficients, it was concluded that the link between visitors' information recall and enjoyment across all the centres was minimal, and that this relationship was not being suppressed appreciably by confounding visitor and centre characteristics. Further analyses revealed a moderate positive correlation between visitor enjoyment and mindfulness, thus indicating that visitors were being mentally stimulated by their experience in. a more general way. A multidimensional scaling analysis of visitors' reactions to the 17 centres produced a two-dimensional solution which could be interpreted in terms of the interpretive theme at each centre and the quality and diversity of the displays. Finally, cross-tabulations revealed a relationship between interpretive theme (historic and conservation as opposed to general) and visitors' mindfulness, increased information recall and enhanced perception of how much they had learned. |
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