Consumer Education for Preventing Multiple Loan Debt

A Lesson Plan and Its Educational Effects in a High School Home Economics Class

Abstract

A lesson was conducted using teaching materials which were based on an article suggesting the need for home economics education to prevent multiple loan debt. As a result, students became more aware of the problem of multiple loan debt and developed a positive attitude towards preventing the problem. Additionally, it was found that learning about the problem of multiple loan debt in relation to household budgets had a positive effect on students acquiring knowledge about the subject.