Economic Literacy among Japanese High School and University Students;
Its Implications to Consumer Education in High School Civics
2003 Volume 23 Pages 19-27
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2003 Volume 23 Pages 19-27
The author of this paper and the research group of economic education administered the Test of Economic Literacy, the 3rd edition (TEL3) to 2,631 high school and 2,877 university students in Japan in 2001. TEL3 was originally developed in the USA by W. Walstad and K. Rebeck. The major finding from the test results is that there are similarities in economic literacy among high school students and university students, and both of them have the same problem understanding several areas of economics. Based on this result, this paper aims to show the strategies to infuse consumer education into high school civics in order to improve economic literacy.
