Designing a financial literacy curriculum Model for student’s elementary level

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Education and Counseling, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

3 Associate Professor ،Shahid Rajaei university, lavizan,Tehran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to design a financial literacy curriculum model for elementary school students. To this aim, the qualitative method was used for analysis. In addition, 12 professors and specialists in the field of curriculum planning and primary education, economics and finance of Tehran universities with the academic rank of associate professor and professor were interviewed in 2020. And external audit method was used to determine the validity of the findings. The proposed model was designed consisting of five factors including curriculum context, objectives, content, method and characteristics of learners, and its theoretical basis is "Tyler rationale". The results of this study was the design of a valid curriculum model for teaching financial literacy to elementary school students, which has 21 characteristics as objectives, 26 characteristics for content, 19 characteristics for teaching methods and 8 characteristics for curriculum evaluation methods. The designed template can guide the process of planning, implementing and evaluating the curriculum.
 

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  • Receive Date: 20 April 2021
  • Accept Date: 07 September 2021

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