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Author Fraser, John Robert, 1960- author.

Title The social value of zoos / John Fraser, Tawnya Switzer
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Context -- Using Animals to Educate the Masses -- Fairfield Osborn: The Zoo as a Vector of Social Change -- Reconsidering Mainstream Premises about Learning in Zoo Settings -- Chapter Roadmap -- Chapter 2 Ontology: Animal Exhibits and Conservation Goals -- Developing a Suitable Conservation Agenda Framework -- Pursuing a Conservation Education Agenda in Zoos -- Why Do Zoos and Aquariums Matter? Situating the Role of the Zoo -- Implications
Chapter 3 Learning: Social Experiences and Captive Animals -- Layers of the Learning Process: Motivation, Meaning, and Morality -- Connections to Exhibit Theory and Design -- Interpretive Tools -- Programming Implications -- Chapter 4 Morality: Zoos As Moral Actors -- Social Discourse: Evolving Narratives about the Civic Role of Zoos -- Zoo-As-Chaos Metaphor -- The Ethics of Wild Animal Display -- Utilitarian or Rights-Based Philosophical Critiques -- Science-Based Critiques of Captive Animal Care and Well-Being -- Authenticity Critiques -- Moral Development Critiques
Education Benefits: Paths to Deeper Legitimacy -- Chapter 5 Pleasure: The Educational Leisure Value Proposition -- Positive Psychology and the Pursuit of Meaningful Experiences in the Zoo -- Understanding the Zoo as an Educational Leisure Venue -- Fun and Meaning in the Zoo: Education Psychology Research -- Emotional Response Patterns and Educational Leisure Learning in Zoo Settings -- Seeking and Play -- Lust -- Fear and Panic -- Learning Is Pleasurable -- Chapter 6 Meaning: Constructing Knowledge through Discourse, Dialogue, and Metaphor -- Discourse -- Discourse Analysis -- Dialogue
The Question House Model -- Metaphor -- Leveraging Discursive Mechanisms for Learning in the Zoo -- Chapter 7 Bonding: A Sociobiological Human Need with Important Zoo Mission Implications -- Human Bonding Pursuits and Outcomes at the Zoo -- Family Bonding -- School Group Bonding -- Affinity Group Bonding -- Bonding among Staff and Volunteers -- Different Folks, Different Strokes -- Chapter 8 Connectedness: Animals, Continuity, and Belonging -- Human Connections to Animals and Nature -- A Short Summary of the Biophilia Hypothesis -- Attitude and Worldview Analysis: Affiliation with Animals
Social-Emotional Implications of Emotional Connections with Zoo Animals -- Belongings -- Leveraging Concern as a Point of Connection -- The Value of Connections between Zoo Animals and Staff Who Care for Them -- From Connection and Concern to a Shifting Moral Compass -- Chapter 9 Identity: Discovering Self -- Identity Work -- Zoos: Unique Sites for ''Self''-Learning -- Place Identity -- Human Responsibility: Environmental Identity Development -- Zoos As Sites Where Religious and Environmental Identities Overlap -- Identity Development Implications
Summary "Chapter 1 provides context for the central themes of the book, highlighting the challenges and importance of the collective conservation education mission shared by accredited zoos worldwide and situating the zoo as a unique setting for learning and potential vector of social change. We also outline the rationale for our endeavor to reconcile recent findings from various domains of social science research with zoos' conservation mission in the context of their value to the diverse public audiences and communities they serve, pointing to opportunities for the development of new questions, approaches, and measurements of mission success that might help zoos better leverage their human and facility capacities to achieve mission-related outcomes that are valued by the public"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2021)
Subject Zoos -- Social aspects
Zoos -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Switzer, Tawnya, 1977- author.
LC no. 2020036364
ISBN 9781108644679
1108644678