Whilst children make up a significant number of zoo visitors, it is a mistake to think that zoo education is directed exclusively at schools or that zoos are solely for children. Education involves every category of zoo visitor, both in the formal setting of a school trip or an informal feeding talk by a keeper. To be effective, education must provide different levels of knowledge for diverse groups of people, who come from many age groups, educational levels, social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds Different approaches are required for children and for adults, people with special needs, weekend visitors and students of biology. |