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How can our informal education sites and programs include everyone? It’s a question we all wrestle with. Remember how last week’s guest, Elise McFarland, described teaching about California’s Spanish missions to young visitors who might have roots in Mexican, European, Native, African, Asian, and Catholic communities...

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On this week’s podcast, I talk with Elise McFarland, an Interpretation and Education Manager for the California State Park system. In her far-ranging job, she’s responsible for several parks’ cultural resources and, of course, many levels and modes of interpretation. Like many informal educators – especially outdoor...

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Coming soon: The Classroom Beyond, the podcast for informal educators! We’ll be chatting with naturalists, coaches, music teachers, museum guides, and docents – all of us who teach outside of the classroom! We’re dropping our first episode on November 29th. Here’s a little taste of what’s to come – follow now and stay...