Financial literacy@School.

There is need for increased financial education in view of widespread financial illiteracy and the benefits for individual well-being and society at large that are associated with high levels of financial literacy. Although the OECD policy recommendation to introduce financial education at school is well accepted, there is no consensus on the optimal way to implement financial education at school. We will develop a holistic approach to financial education at school in which we will explicitly acknowledge the influence of the main agents of financial socialisation (such as parents and teachers) and will assess the impact of the learning environment by examining the effect of class differentiation. The possible academic and practical contribution is empirically examined based on randomised field experiments in which the innovative teaching material developed is evaluated in close collaboration with the valorisation partners.

Keywords:EDUCATION

Disciplines:Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences

Project type:Collaboration project