How and What Recreational Visitors Learn at Zoos.

Autor/in	Churchman, David
Titel	How and What Recreational Visitors Learn at Zoos.
Quelle	(1985), (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affective Behavior; Animals; Educational Research; Exhibits; Interaction; Naturalistic Observation; Nonformal Education; Program Effectiveness; Research Methodology; Social Behavior; Student Research; Zoos + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Interaktion; Naturbeobachtung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Nichtformale Bildung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Studentenforschung
Abstract	The impact of the educational programs of zoos on the recreational visitor is addressed in this report. Unobtrusive or nonreactive research methods were employed as primary evaluative techniques by graduate social science students conducting six research projects at the Los Angeles Zoo. These studies were designed and implemented to examine: (1) visitor turning preference; (2) determinants of holding power of zoo exhibits; (3) reading signs at zoo exhibits; (4) children's reactions to animals in a petting zoo; (5) the stereotypes zoo visitors may hold about selected animals; and (6) intergenerational communication. It is suggested that nonreactive measures are particularly appropriate for these types of evaluation studies because they do not impose on visitors or require their cooperation, and because they reduce problems with sampling and response bias. (A review of the literature pertaining to education in zoos is also provided.) (ML)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC