TY - JOUR AU - Moss, Andrew G AU - Littlehales, Carrie AU - Moon, Anya AU - Smith, Charlotte AU - Sainsbury, Chris PY - 2017/01/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Measuring the impact of an in-school zoo education programme JF - Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research JA - JZAR VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.19227/jzar.v5i1.217 UR - https://jzar.org/jzar/article/view/217 SP - 33-37 AB - <p>The evaluation of the educational impact of zoos and aquariums is a growing area of research. This study attempted to measure the impact of an in-school zoo education outreach programme run by Chester Zoo, UK. Specifically, this programme delivered multiple workshops under a common conservation sub-theme to the same group of students within the Key Stage 2 year groups (ages 7 to 11; n=199). A repeated-measures survey was used as the primary instrument for assessing impact. The headline findings were that the programme correlated with a positive, measurable and statistically significant impact in the student learners, particularly in terms of conservation-related knowledge but also student attitude to conservation and zoo-related issues.</p> ER -