Consumer Education
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age groups
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Cross-module
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curriculum subjects
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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
Consumer education can be fun, interesting and challenging, if it is approached from the point of view that it is education for real life decisions.
- Finance Management
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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.
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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.
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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.
