1. Where are zoos and aquariums located around the world?
2. Do you provide scholarship opportunities for students seeking university funding?
3. Which zoos and aquariums have educational programs?
4. What are the components to a good educational program?

1. Where are zoos and aquariums located around the world?

There are two places that have good listings of global zoos by country:

• The World Association of Zoos and Aquaria, an accrediting agency, has a listing of all its worldwide accredited institutions.
• The Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, which helps manage the species collection of zoos worldwide has a great international directory.

I would recommend asking zoo experts near you about their marketing and business management decisions. Please see our home page for a list of regional partners.

2. Do you provide scholarship opportunities for students seeking university funding?

No, the International Zoo Educators Association does not have a sponsorship program at this time. 

3. Which zoos and aquariums have educational programs?

Members of the International Zoo Educators Association are dedicated to providing outstanding educational experiences for their visitors. To learn more about the educational experiences of IZE members, please visit our Programs in Action page. This page highlights quality education programs of institutional members. From here, you can link directly to the zoos themselves. Also, if you are looking for programs in specific world regions, you might want to visit zoo education regional sites. These regional organizations are listed on our home page.

4. What are the components to a good educational program?

Important characteristics should: engage the community and serve the zoo's audiences; address and employ a diversity of perspectives; demonstrate excellence in content knowledge; incorporate learning theory and educational research into practice; employ a variety of appropriate educational tools to promote learning; deliver conservation messages and actions that affect visitor's knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about wildlife and wild places; promote education as central to the zoo's mission; set goals and measurable objectives and adopt strategies to achieve and document them; promote professional development within the museum community, promote a spirit of inquiry and openness to new ideas and approaches; influence public policy in support of zoo learning. 

 To learn more about the characteristics that help to create strong education programs, read this article ON THE IZE WEBSITE : Conservation Education in (AZA) Zoos and Aquariums and the Education Policies and Protocols section.