Journal of Japan Academy of Consumer Education

The purpose of the professional consumer education is the training to become a specialist of consumer problems. In order to investigate the contents, first of all, I classified the subjects of ability into four main groups in the studies. Next, I pointed out 69 items regarding the content and the level for education concretely. After that, the consumer education specialists assessed them by mail. As a result, I recommend the department of home economics should take charge of the education mainly, and the department of business economics should follow. In addition, the study makes clear what to do in terms of consumer education.

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In the 21th century we should reconsider consumer education contents and an ability standard in the developmental stages. The purpose of the consumer education about the university liberal arts is to train up all undergraduates as living persons. In this paper we have classified the ability of consumer education about the university general education into the following four areas and examined each standard. ① Consumers' rights and responsibilities ② Consumers' behavior ③ Attitude of enterprise and administration toward consumers ④ The environment and welfare of the consumption life Advice was taken from an expert in consumer education and revisions made.

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the Consumer Education programs provided by the accredited university units by AAFCS. Results: 1. Fifty-nine university units were accredited by AAFCS on August/September 2001. 2. Nineteen undergraduate level programs use the term "consumer" within their program names/ titles. 3. Sixty-seven educational courses use the term "consumer" within their course names. 4. Through a case study of the University of Alabama curriculum, I consider the challenges for further research.

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Consumers' activities for saving and choices of financial assets must influence the national economy seriously. However, at present, consumers are not able to find out the best way to manage their financial assets. This might be because consumers can not obtain enough information to utilize it properly for the management of their assets. This paper analyses the consumer's consciousness of financial information, their use of information technology and practical use of financial information. Through questionnaires, this paper clarifies the meanings of information technology and information itself which enable consumers to make effective use of financial information and to lead financial activities appropriately with information technology. It was suggested that in order to use financial information and information technology effectively, consumer education to enhance the consciousness on general information and information-related activities is more important than to teach technical knowledge on financial information or techniques of information technology.

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