城市动物园教育功能探析

Analysis on the Educational Functions of the City Zoo

城市动物园是饲养和展出野生物并对广大群众进行动物知识的普及教育,城市动物园的现代教育主要功能共有:动物物种科普教育功能、环境教育功能、生态学及生态道德教育功能、地理学教育功能、行为学教育功能。正处在娱乐功能的鼎盛时期的中国动物园,要因地制宜地开展自己的教育活动,把动物园变成了真正的教育基地。

The city zoo is breeding and exhibiting wild animals,which promotes the knowledge of animals to the public for universal education.The city zoo＇ s main modern educational functions include the animal species,environmental education, ecology and ecological education,geography education,behavioral science education,and so on.The Chinese zoos are in the prime state of entertainment functions,so we should carry out the education activities according to the local conditions,in order to make the zoo the real educational base.