The purpose of this research was to devise an assessment tool to effectively capture the nature of visitors' learning experiences with live animal exhibits in zoos and aquaria. A comprehensive learning framework was developed and field-tested with a total of 900 visitor. The resulting framework provides researchers and practitioners in zoos and aquaria with a valuable tool to assess the learning impact of exhibits through observable behavioural indicators
This research explores learning in science museums through the most common activity in a science mus...
The earth is in an environmental crisis that can only be addressed by changing human conservation at...
In the last twenty years, research about science learning in informal contexts such as museums, scie...
© 2019, © 2019 Visitor Studies Association. Science centers, zoos, and aquariums share the common go...
Educators in zoo sand a quaria today present general information in an attempt to educate visitors ...
This research explores education within zoos on a global scale. Given that a central aspect of moder...
Zoos average about 183 million visitors per year, which makes them a major source for educating the ...
Zoos attract hundreds of millions of visitors every year worldwide – many of them children. In the U...
Zoos and aquariums have shifted their focus over recent years, taking a much more active role in wil...
Nature based visitor attractions desire to be a positive influence on the people who visit, whether ...
Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVIs) have become commonplace in zoological institutions and facilities...
Zoos and aquariums are some of the most-visited institutions, with around 700 million visits made to...
One of the primary stated goals of zoos is education of the public. Yet, zoos have been criticised f...
Founded on the premise that zoos are ‘bilingual’—that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibit...
<div><p>Recent years have seen increasing encouragement by research institutions and funding bodies ...
This research explores learning in science museums through the most common activity in a science mus...
The earth is in an environmental crisis that can only be addressed by changing human conservation at...
In the last twenty years, research about science learning in informal contexts such as museums, scie...
© 2019, © 2019 Visitor Studies Association. Science centers, zoos, and aquariums share the common go...
Educators in zoo sand a quaria today present general information in an attempt to educate visitors ...
This research explores education within zoos on a global scale. Given that a central aspect of moder...
Zoos average about 183 million visitors per year, which makes them a major source for educating the ...
Zoos attract hundreds of millions of visitors every year worldwide – many of them children. In the U...
Zoos and aquariums have shifted their focus over recent years, taking a much more active role in wil...
Nature based visitor attractions desire to be a positive influence on the people who visit, whether ...
Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVIs) have become commonplace in zoological institutions and facilities...
Zoos and aquariums are some of the most-visited institutions, with around 700 million visits made to...
One of the primary stated goals of zoos is education of the public. Yet, zoos have been criticised f...
Founded on the premise that zoos are ‘bilingual’—that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibit...
<div><p>Recent years have seen increasing encouragement by research institutions and funding bodies ...
This research explores learning in science museums through the most common activity in a science mus...
The earth is in an environmental crisis that can only be addressed by changing human conservation at...
In the last twenty years, research about science learning in informal contexts such as museums, scie...