Guestlecture in Psychology: Learning at the Zoo? Evaluating the impacts of zoo visits on children’s understanding of animals and habitats
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- Thursday 22. March 2012 at 10:00 - 12:00
This lecture presents findings from the largest (n=3018) and most methodologically robust investigation of the educational value of zoos for children ever conducted. The research evaluated the relative educational impact of educator-guided and unguided zoo visits at the London Zoo, both in terms of the development of new knowledge and perceptions of zoos, natural science and wildlife conservation.
Dr Eric Jensen, Fellow Higher Education Academy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick
