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Blue, Levon Ellen; Grootenboer, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2019
Financial literacy education (FLE) typically focuses on teaching skills and capabilities that promote individual wealth accumulation--for example, the importance of working, budgeting and saving. In this article, we argue the need to move from an individual wealth accumulation focus in FLE to a praxis approach to FLE. We outline the shortcomings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Praxis, Money Management, Consumer Education
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Pajari, Kati; Harmoinen, Sari – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2019
Operating in today's markets is challenging due to information overload and an expanding choice of products. Children also encounter these complex markets at an early age. Providing consumer education in schools is an excellent opportunity to enhance their ability to think critically and increase their awareness. However, it would be a mistake to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Consumer Education, Elementary School Teachers, Children
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Slawson, Kari; Rainville, Alice Jo – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2019
Peer-reviewed research on the effectiveness of salad bars for increasing fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake is limited. This commentary discusses current evidence regarding the effectiveness of salad bars in increasing F/V selection and consumption, thereby reducing food waste. Key findings from this review of the research are that salad bars in…
Descriptors: Food, Conservation (Environment), Wastes, Child Health
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Ares, Gastón; Machín, Leandro; Vidal, Leticia; Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica; Otterbring, Tobias; Curutchet, María Rosa; Giménez, Ana; Bove, Isabel – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Nutritional warnings are intended to enable citizens to make informed choice by clearly identifying food products with excessive content of nutrients associated with noncommunicable diseases. The efficacy of this public policy is expected to improve if accompanied by communication campaigns that raise awareness of the existence of nutritional…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Motivation, Nutrition, Merchandise Information
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Ketterman, Jesse, Jr.; Russell, Mia; Yacob, Diana; Kim, Jinhee; Elonge, Michael; Maynard, Patricia; Orr, Audrey – Journal of Extension, 2019
We investigated the effectiveness of an Extension-led training for human services providers on Your Money, Your Goals: A Financial Empowerment Toolkit, a resource developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Results from pretests, posttests, and focus group research indicate that participants significantly increased confidence in their…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Human Services, Money Management, Empowerment
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Hansen, Linda; Trapp, Leesa; Renfro, Laine; Strand, Jan; Duryea, Marie; Miller, Cindy – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2019
In 2017, Laura Pace, a middle school family and consumer sciences (FCS) teacher from Farmington, New Mexico, contacted the New Mexico Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (NMAFCS) regarding the use of a high school teacher evaluation system developed by the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) to assess her middle school program.…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Family Life Education, Middle Schools, Curriculum Development
US Financial Literacy and Education Commission, 2019
The complex financial choices students must make are compounded by the fact that, for decades, the cost of college has been rising far faster than incomes. Between 2004-2005 and 2015-2016, prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board at public institutions rose 34 percent, after adjustment for inflation. Students and their families have…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Money Management, Higher Education, College Students
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Matheson, Murdoch N.; DeLuca, Christopher; Matheson, Ian A. – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the experiences of current high school students and teachers in Ontario regarding their experiences with personal financial curriculum and teaching at the secondary level, and to identify the ways in which this important educational experience may have helped prepare students to become financially literate.…
Descriptors: Money Management, High School Students, High School Teachers, Multiple Literacies
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Dere, Ilker; Aktasli, Ibrahim – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2020
This paper aims to reveal the effectiveness of conscious consumerism education about increasing and changing students' awareness and perceptions of conscious consumerism. In the study, the action research method, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The study included 23 students studying in a public secondary school in Konya,…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Consumer Economics, Social Studies, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ichsan, Ilmi Zajuli; Sigit, Diana Vivanti; Miarsyah, Mieke; Ali, Ahmad; Suwandi, Tri; Titin – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
Environmental learning in the 21st-century must be contextual and require the ability of Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) to solve environmental problems such as green consumerism. The purpose of this study was to implement an Android-based Supplementary Book of Green Consumerism (SBGC) to improve 8th-grade students' HOTS in environmental…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment)
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a study of 15-year-old students' performance in reading, mathematics, and science literacy conducted every 3 years. The PISA 2018 results provide a global view of U.S. students' performance compared to their peers in nearly 80 countries and education systems. By design, PISA aims to…
Descriptors: Money Management, Knowledge Level, Consumer Education, Achievement Tests
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Angele, Claudia – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2017
Nutrition and consumer education may be regarded as a constituent part of global education. It is, however, necessary to explore the connections between the specific subject didactics of nutrition and consumer education, and global education more closely within current academic discourse if we are to understand it better. Currently, there is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nutrition Instruction, Consumer Education, Global Education
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Ramukhwatho, Fhumulani; duPlessis, Roelien; Oelofse, Suzan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
This study assessed the potential drivers of household food wastage in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. A total of 210 participants were interviewed face-to-face using structured questionnaire. The acquired data were captured in Microsoft Excel, and analyzed using the chi-square statistical test and SAS statistical software. The main…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food, Wastes, Questionnaires
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Loibl, Cäzilia; Durham, Jim; Moulton, Stephanie – Journal of Extension, 2018
A partnership between Ohio State University Extension and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency blends effective community outreach with rigorous research. Community outreach of the partners ranges from home buyer education to foreclosure prevention in Ohio. Research projects of the partnership target program design, pilot testing, and evaluation. The…
Descriptors: State Universities, Extension Education, State Agencies, Housing
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Solis, Oscar J. – American Journal of Business Education, 2018
An innovative 2015 Financial Education Event utilized collaborative learning, peer-to-peer learning strategies, and multimedia to engage students and deliver financial content. Thirty-three students in a financial counseling class hosted the event for students from a personal finance course as well as the university community. For the event, the…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Cooperative Learning, Multimedia Instruction, Money Management
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