The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, Maria João Salgado da Silva
Data de Publicação: 2020
Tipo de documento: Dissertação
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/30437
Resumo: Environmental education allows the creation of citizens who are aware and prepared for current environmental challenges, namely the loss of biodiversity. Zoos are environmental education equipments that use educational activities in order to inform the public about biodiversity and the challenges for its conservation. These activities can be developed, enhancing the educational impact of these environmental education equipments. The present dissertation has the aim of verifying the scale of the educational activities made available by zoos in Portugal and in Europe. The study was carried out using a questionnaire sent to the zoos, which had questions related to the characterization of the zoo and the educational activities themselves. Subsequently, data analysis was performed, collecting responses from 38 zoos across 16 countries, through descriptive statistics. The results indicated that all zoos that participated in the study carry out educational activities. Additionally, it was found that zoos emphasize information panels, educational presentations, free and/or guided visits, direct contact and the use of social media. In short, the results of this dissertation highlight the role of zoos as a link between humans and animals, and consequently as educators for the environment and conservation.
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spelling The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserveConservationEducational activitiesEnvironmental educationalEnvironmental educational equipmentsEducational impactZoological parkEnvironmental education allows the creation of citizens who are aware and prepared for current environmental challenges, namely the loss of biodiversity. Zoos are environmental education equipments that use educational activities in order to inform the public about biodiversity and the challenges for its conservation. These activities can be developed, enhancing the educational impact of these environmental education equipments. The present dissertation has the aim of verifying the scale of the educational activities made available by zoos in Portugal and in Europe. The study was carried out using a questionnaire sent to the zoos, which had questions related to the characterization of the zoo and the educational activities themselves. Subsequently, data analysis was performed, collecting responses from 38 zoos across 16 countries, through descriptive statistics. The results indicated that all zoos that participated in the study carry out educational activities. Additionally, it was found that zoos emphasize information panels, educational presentations, free and/or guided visits, direct contact and the use of social media. In short, the results of this dissertation highlight the role of zoos as a link between humans and animals, and consequently as educators for the environment and conservation.A educação ambiental permite a criação de cidadãos conscientes e preparados para desafios ambientais atuais, nomeadamente a perda de biodiversidade. Os zoos são equipamentos de educação ambiental, que utilizam atividades educativas, de forma a informar o público sobre a biodiversidade e os desafios para a sua conservação. Estas atividades podem ser desenvolvidas, potenciando o impacto educacional destes equipamentos de educação ambiental. A presente dissertação teve como objetivo verificar o panorama das atividades educativas disponibilizadas por zoos em Portugal e na Europa. O estudo realizou-se utilizando um questionário enviado para os zoos, sendo que este tinha questões relacionadas com a caracterização do zoo e as atividades educativas propriamente ditas. Posteriormente, realizou-se a análise dos dados, recolhidos de respostas em 38 zoos em 16 países, através de estatística descritiva. Os resultados indicaram que todos os zoos que participaram no estudo realizam atividades educativas. Assim, verificou-se que os zoos dão ênfase a painéis informativos sobre espécies, apresentações educacionais, visitas livres e/ou guiadas, contacto direto e a utilização das redes sociais. Em suma, os resultados desta dissertação realçaram o papel dos zoos como elo de ligação entre humanos e animais, e consequentemente como educadores para o ambiente e a conservação.2022-11-14T00:00:00Z2020-12-10T00:00:00Z2020-12-10info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10773/30437engSantos, Maria João Salgado da Silvainfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-22T11:58:50Zoai:ria.ua.pt:10773/30437Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:02:33.035736Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
title The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
spellingShingle The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
Santos, Maria João Salgado da Silva
Conservation
Educational activities
Environmental educational
Environmental educational equipments
Educational impact
Zoological park
title_short The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
title_full The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
title_fullStr The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
title_full_unstemmed The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
title_sort The role of zoos in citizenship and environmental education: educate to conserve
author Santos, Maria João Salgado da Silva
author_facet Santos, Maria João Salgado da Silva
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, Maria João Salgado da Silva
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Conservation
Educational activities
Environmental educational
Environmental educational equipments
Educational impact
Zoological park
topic Conservation
Educational activities
Environmental educational
Environmental educational equipments
Educational impact
Zoological park
description Environmental education allows the creation of citizens who are aware and prepared for current environmental challenges, namely the loss of biodiversity. Zoos are environmental education equipments that use educational activities in order to inform the public about biodiversity and the challenges for its conservation. These activities can be developed, enhancing the educational impact of these environmental education equipments. The present dissertation has the aim of verifying the scale of the educational activities made available by zoos in Portugal and in Europe. The study was carried out using a questionnaire sent to the zoos, which had questions related to the characterization of the zoo and the educational activities themselves. Subsequently, data analysis was performed, collecting responses from 38 zoos across 16 countries, through descriptive statistics. The results indicated that all zoos that participated in the study carry out educational activities. Additionally, it was found that zoos emphasize information panels, educational presentations, free and/or guided visits, direct contact and the use of social media. In short, the results of this dissertation highlight the role of zoos as a link between humans and animals, and consequently as educators for the environment and conservation.
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