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What is Financial Education? (CE-EN 1)


Description
Members only - Language: English

This course introduces the definition and objectives of financial education, while placing them in their historical context. The second part reviews the main content of financial education, then the third part explains how to set up a financial education programme.

This course is a prerequisite for our six key knowledge modules (budget, debt, training techniques, income generation, bookkeeping, finance and money) and our training of trainer modules.
Content
  • Welcome
  • I. DEFINITION AND OBJECTIVES OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION
  • 1) WHAT IS FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
  • Are you financially educated?
  • What is financial education?
  • Why is financial education important?
  • Managing your money: the chasm between theory and practice
  • Reading: To go further
  • Test - part 1
  • 2) IS FINANCIAL EDUCATION UNIVERSAL?
  • The objectives of financial education in their historical context
  • Bias in financial education
  • Reading: To go further
  • Test - part 2
  • II. CONTENT OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION
  • 3) THE BASICS OF MONEY MANAGEMENT
  • 4) THE BASICS OF MANAGING A MICRO-ENTERPRISE
  • 5) THE BLACK HOLES OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION
  • III. HOW DO WE LEARN TO MANAGE MONEY?
  • IV. HOW TO DESIGN A FINANCIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
  • 7) STEPS TO DESIGN A PROGRAMME
  • 8) PUTTING LEARNERS AT THE HEART OF THE PROGRAMME
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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