AN INVESTIGATION INTO FINANCIAL LITERACY SKILLS IN LIFE SCIENCES AND SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAMS AND COURSE BOOKS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to examine the way financial literacy skills are handled in life sciences and social studies programs and coursebooks. Document analysis method was used in the study. For this purpose, coursebooks of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at primary school were reviewed and it was tried to determine the level of knowledge, skills and activities related to financial literacy skills. According to the analysis, it is seen that there are learning outcomes in each grade in the program dimension. In knowledge dimension, there is the list of knowledge that students should learn according to these outcomes. The skills that are provided in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades are the sub-skills of financial literacy, but 4th grade level include financial literacy skills. It is seen that there exist samples similar to the practices in the literature in the coursebooks. However, its implementation is a new research topic.