The Capabilities of Secondary School Teachers to Provide Financial Education

Autor/inn/en	De Beckker, Kenneth; Compen, Boukje; De Bock, Dirk; Schelfhout, Wouter
Titel	The Capabilities of Secondary School Teachers to Provide Financial Education
Quelle	In: Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 18 (2019) 2, S.66-81 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (De Beckker, Kenneth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-8047
DOI	10.1177/2047173419850152
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Competencies; Money Management; Foreign Countries; Self Efficacy; Multiple Literacies; Teaching Experience; Gender Differences; Teacher Effectiveness; Adolescents; Faculty Development; Economics Education; Knowledge Level; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Attainment; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrkunst; Ausland; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wirtschaftskunde; Wissensbasis; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Belgien
Abstract	This study examines the capabilities of in-service secondary school teachers to provide financial education. Data were gathered from online surveys, which were spread among 300 teachers in the Flemish region of Belgium. We distinguish between perceived and actual capabilities. Our results reveal that only one third of teachers consider themselves sufficiently competent to provide financial education. Actual capabilities are assessed using a broad measure of financial literacy, which takes into account teachers' financial knowledge, financial behaviour and financial attitudes. Our results indicate that only approximately half of teachers score sufficiently on financial knowledge and only a third attains the preferred minimum score for financial attitudes. In addition, our heterogeneity analysis shows differences in scores related to teacher characteristics such as gender, teaching discipline and teaching experience. The large share of teachers not reaching the threshold indicating adequate capabilities for providing financial education raises concern, as teacher quality is an important factor contributing to the effectiveness of financial education. Teacher professional development can play a crucial role here. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01