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There is clearly something about zoos that draws people to them. Recent studies suggest that over 700 million visits are made to zoos around the world each year. This is an incredible number. One would reasonably assume that one of the main drivers for people to visit zoos would be, simply, to see animals. In the last decades, zoos have reinvented...
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... These human animal relationships can enhance as well. Live animal shows which are informative and lets visitors interact directly with animals is another activity that helps to reduce the negativistic attitude (25). In return it helps in improving upon scientistic and naturalistic attitudes. ...
Many students in India visit the zoo with their schools every year for excursions. However, these visits only serve the purpose of amusement since there is no encouragement to learn. Zoological parks aim to spread awareness and knowledge about wildlife conservation. The learning that happens in the zoo is known as free-choice learning. It provides a platform for visitors to further their knowledge in an informal setting. Qualitative evidence of the learning that takes place in the zoo has proved that a child’s environmental learning is increased as well as the sensitivity toward one’s environment. Nevertheless, in India, zoos are mostly seen as a place for recreation and not learning. As children’s basis of learning starts in schools
on a formal platform, zoos may benefit by collaborating with schools. Additionally, a zoo’s standard unguided materials are insufficient for achieving the best outcomes for visiting children. Bridging this gap and analyzing how children learn in a free-choice learning sector were the objectives of the study.
Zoo Education Intervention for school students (13 to 15 years) was established. Two formal courses in a classroom setting and one zoo visit in an informal environment were undertaken. The end results for the quizzes showed an overall improvement as quiz results before the
intervention and after the intervention was collated. Pre and post–intervention quiz results showed a significant improvement. The students' perspective on whether zoos should exist
also changed by 56% in favour that zoological parks should exist. The article also
discusses possibilities for future research and the limitations felt during this study.
