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Consumer Education: Does It Change Students' Competencies and Attitudes?
Author(s) -
LANGREHR FREDERICK W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1979.tb00126.x
Subject(s) - consumer education , economics education , family and consumer science , psychology , business education , marketing , consumer economics , state (computer science) , consumer behaviour , medical education , higher education , mathematics education , business , economics , primary education , economic growth , medicine , computer science , algorithm
A number of states require or are considering the required teaching of consumer education in secondary schools. However, almost all previous research has found no difference in consumer economic competency between students who had taken a consumer education/economics course and students who had not taken the course. This research was conducted in a state that requires consumer education of all students to see if there was a change in competency level and attitudes toward business. Potential differences in types of courses used to meet the state requirements were also investigated. The basic finding is that students who took a course specifically designed to present consumer education topics did improve their consumer economics competency and developed a more positive attitude toward business.