ERIC Number: ED528784
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 30
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework
Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (NJ1)
This document is a revised version of the National Consumer and Financial Literacy Framework (the Framework) originally developed in 2005. It articulates a rationale for consumer and financial education in Australian schools; describes essential consumer and financial capabilities that will support lifelong learning; and provides guidance on how consumer and financial education may be structured to support a progression of learning from Foundation-Year 10. Appended are: (1) Links to the Australian Curriculum's general capabilities; (2) Links to the Australian Curriculum's cross-curriculum; and (3) Acknowledgments. (Contains 20 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, National Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development, Consumer Education, Money Management, Educational Needs, Competence, Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, International Education, Alignment (Education), Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Educational Objectives
Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs. P.O. Box 202 Carlton South, Victoria, 3053, Australia. Tel: +61-39-639-0588; Fax: +61-39-639-1790; e-mail: enquiries@mceecdya.edu.au; Web site: http://www.mceecdya.edu.au
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Administrators
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA)
Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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