TRAININGS

I. Program Description

The program is designed for teachers and educators working at the primary and lower secondary levels of school education.

It presents innovative approaches, materials, and tools for developing students’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes in the field of financial literacy. The program addresses topics such as self-awareness, the role and place of the individual within the family and the community, rights and responsibilities, basic financial and economic literacy covering fundamental aspects of economic life, production and professions, introductory financial planning and budgeting, saving, and spending money. At the same time, it supports the development of a broad range of key competencies among students—entrepreneurial, social and civic, mathematical, and language competencies. It fosters critical thinking, teamwork skills, presentation skills, communication, and creativity.

During the training, educators will acquire knowledge and develop skills for teaching and building these key competencies. The delivery of knowledge and skills is based on the pedagogical approaches “Learning through Experience” and “Learning through Play,” as well as through role-playing and drama. The application of these innovative approaches ensures active student involvement and a high level of engagement in the process of acquiring new knowledge. They are an effective motivational tool, as they reveal the importance of knowledge for making sound decisions and for addressing specific real-life situations. The program is designed to enable active interaction between teachers and parents and to position the school as a center of the community.

Teacher training includes both theoretical preparation and practical activities through demonstrations and participation in activities.

II. Program Objectives

• Acquisition of knowledge and practical skills enabling participants to positively and effectively influence the development of key competencies among their students—financial and entrepreneurial, civic, language and mathematical, and other essential life skills;

• Enhancement of participants’ knowledge in the field of personal finance;

• Mastery and piloting of innovative educational methods and their application in financial literacy education—learning through experience, learning through play, and learning through drama;

• Encouragement of students’ innovativeness and creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, teamwork, and presentation skills;

• Promotion of interdisciplinary connections;

• Development of skills for lifelong learning and teamwork with colleagues, as well as for organizing and managing the educational process.

III. Training Methods

Presentation of the included topics, discussion, game-based and theatrical techniques, experiential engagement with real-life situations, solving situational and practical tasks, group work and teamwork, independent work, and analysis of the proposed models.

“First Steps in the World of Personal Finance: Innovative Approaches in Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Education” is a continuing professional development program for teachers and, as such, is implemented with the support of the Education 5.0 Foundation. It is included in the CPD Register of the Ministry of Education and Science. Successful completion of the program awards one qualification credit.

IV. For More Information about the Program and Organizing Training

E-mail: office@financialiteracy.eu
Tel.: 0888 953020