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Delgadillo, Lucy M. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2022
The National Strategy for Financial Literacy report released in 2020 by the U. S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission (USFLEC) crafted a new definition of financial education (FE). The report defines FE as the process by which "people gain information, skills, confidence, and motivation to act through various means including classroom…
Descriptors: Money Management, Literacy, Consumer Education, Learning Motivation
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Schecter, Sandra R.; Lynch, Jacqueline – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2011
Fifty-five percent of Canadians aged 16 to 64 years lack the skills necessary to read and appropriately interpret health information in textual format. This critical review of research explores issues related to adults' health and health literacy learning in an effort to illuminate why this unacceptable condition persists. The authors also explore…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Literacy, Consumer Education
Rudd, Rima; Soricone, Lisa; Santos, Maricel; Zobel, Emily; Smith, Janet – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2005
A Health Literacy Study Circle[superscript +] is a multi-session professional development activity for adult education practitioners, conducted by a facilitator. All the information and materials required to conduct each Health Literacy Study Circle[superscript +] is presented in two parts: this Introduction and the "Facilitator's Guide" for each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Professional Development, Consumer Education