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OECD Publishing, 2020
Strong basic literacy and numeracy skills are important foundations for making sound financial decisions. Curriculum design, pedagogical methods and stakeholder involvement can all be harnessed to build student financial knowledge and well-being. This "Trends Shaping Education Spotlight" touches on growing financial risks for…
Descriptors: Money Management, Budgeting, Consumer Economics, Consumer Education
OECD Publishing, 2020
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Money Management, Socioeconomic Influences
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Ali, Paul; Anderson, Malcolm; McRae, Cosima; Ramsay, Ian – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2016
In this paper we report the results of a survey of financial literacy levels among Australian secondary school students. While key issues concerning financial literacy among adolescents are fairly well known, and governments see the urgency of addressing low levels of such literacy among a vulnerable cohort, less is understood about the variation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Money Management, Adolescents
OECD Publishing, 2016
In 2012, 15-year-old students spent over two hours on line each day, on average across OECD countries. The most common online activities among 15-year-olds were browsing the Internet for fun and participating in social networks, with over 70% of students doing one of these every day or almost every day. Students who spent more than six hours per…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Internet, Social Media, Computer Use
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Hines, Steven L.; Hansen, Lyle; Falen, Christi – Journal of Extension, 2011
The So, You Want To Move Out?! program was developed to help teens explore the financial realities of moving away from home. This 3-day camp program allows youth the opportunity to interview for a job, work, earn a paycheck, and pay financial obligations. After paying expenses and trying to put some money away in savings, the participants begin to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education
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Haas, Kay Parks – English Journal, 2010
One of the best methods in the English language arts classroom is to educate students through the world of stories. The beauty of storytelling is that it often has a more powerful impact on young adults than a didactic lecture or a textbook chapter. Many times students would say that they internalize a message much more willingly through reading a…
Descriptors: Language Arts, English Instruction, Story Telling, Teaching Methods