Abstract

DENEGRI CORIA, Marianela Del Carmen  and  SEPULVEDA ARAVENA, Jocelyne Karla. Evaluation of a program for economic education, me and the economy in chilean school children of general education basic. liber. [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.175-186. ISSN 1729-4827.

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the result of the economic education program called Me and the Economy, in school children of 6^º grade of Basic General Education in Temuco, Chile. The sample included groups and complete courses, being constituted by 211 school children with 50.2% of them were boys. The structure of socio-economic level was 22% low level, 35% middle-low level, 30% middle-high level and 13% upper level. As an instrument it was applied the Test of Economic Literacy for Children. The methodology was pre-experimental, pre and post-test with a single group, with a repeated measures design. The results show a significant increase in economic literacy levels of participants after the program. It was found significant differences between gender and socio-economic level, and a significant interactive effect between boys and girls of upper socio-economic level. The results are discussed considering the theoretical antecedents of the present research.

Keywords : Economic education; schoolchildren; economic thinking.

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