Teaching consumer responsibility

Consumption and consumer choice can have a significant impact on our lives and our world so it is important for consumers to learn about their responsibilities.

The key competencies for this section are:

Competence 1: reflect and evaluate consumption patterns - Learners are able to explore different environmental and ethical information and recognise/understand the importance and impact that it should have on consumption.
Competence 2: analyse product quality and promote sustainability - Learners are able to distinguish between differing concepts for product quality (from the producers, the traders and consumers perspective) and actively promote sustainability through advocacy and choices.

Lesson plans

A number of lesson plans have been devised to help you teach consumer responsibility issues in the classroom. This section contains links to lesson plans that have been specifically designed to be suitable for primary, secondary and adult education. These lesson plans cover a range of interesting subjects and provide suggestions for interactive sessions with your students. Read more

Teaching materials and resources

A number of teaching resources have been devised to help you teach consumer responsibility issues in the classroom. This section contains links to resources that have been specifically designed to be suitable for primary, secondary and adult education. These resources cover a range of interesting subjects and can be used to help develop interactive teaching sessions for your students. Read more