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Consumer Education

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Consumer Education

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.

  • 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 (...)

  • Finance Management

    Finance management introduces, at the appropriate level, the basics of money management and budgeting. This section aims to develop in the learners the skills associated with informed decision-making and their application to real life situations.

  • Safe and Healthy Consumers

    The ability to understand and interprete consumer information is central to good consumer decision making. This section contains a number of activities aimed at developing these skills. Each of the activities is linked to an aspect of the curriculum in Ireland.

  • Responsible Consumers

    This section aims to develop awareness in the learners that by our decisions and actions as consumers we not only determine the quality of life today, both locally and globally, but we can also influence the fate of future generations.

  • Services

    We are all consumers of services as well as goods. This brings with it a responsibility to use the services appropriately, as well as a role in assessing the quality of the service provided and taking appropriate actions to ensure the delivery and development of the service.