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- Consumer Education
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Dear Educator,
“Experience is just the name we give to our mistakes”. (Oscar Wilde)
How true this is in relation to consumer education. Every educator will have knowledge of impulse buys, every child will have experience of problems and disappointments with products and every parent will understand the need to learn this information.
It is the responsibility of every educator, whether in school or at home, to equip the next generation to be an astute consumer.
The aim of this module is to offer educators a variety of tools to help them find out more about Consumer Education, and assist them in delivering fun and informative lessons for different age groups across a broad range of settings.
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Introduction to consumer education
The fundamentals of consumerism can be taught effectively in the classroom. Traditionally consumer education has been treated as being about avoiding the rip-offs, money management and understanding credit. But many educators take the broader view that it should be ‘education for living’ with the major emphasis on the economic, environmental, political and social decisions that learners will make today, tomorrow and in the future. "Consumer Education is a way to balance the power between producers and consumers. Consumer Education aims to encourage individuals to analyse and make (...)
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