Farnsworth, V., Davis, P., Kalambouka, A., Ralph, S., Shi, X. and Farrell, P. (2011) Students' production of curricular knowledge: perspectives on empowerment in financial capability education. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. 6(2), pp. 153-167. 1746-1979.
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Abstract:
The aim of this article is to extend our understanding of the relationship between knowledge of personal finance and empowerment. The analysis is based on interview data obtained as part of a longitudinal study of students, aged 16–19, who completed a financial capability course in the UK. The analysis presents a set of cultural models or storylines implied in student discourse about what it means to be financially capable. Possibilities for empowerment are interpreted from these cultural models with implications for how we define the boundaries of financial capability education. References to empowerment in terms of having a voice and feeling confident to make consumer decisions and to advise others in matters of finance were common across the interview data. However, a form of knowledge and empowerment that positioned students not as aware consumers but as individuals with a critical awareness of financial and economic systems was less evident.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
economics, education, empowerment, financial capability, financial literacy, sociology of knowledge
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Creators:
Farnsworth, V., Davis, P., Kalambouka, A., Ralph, S., Shi, X. and Farrell, P.
Publisher:
Sage
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Special Needs Education and Research
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Education and Research
Research Centres > Centre for Education and Research
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > Special Education Needs and Inclusion
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Education and Research
Research Centres > Centre for Education and Research
Date:
July 2011
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 153-167
Journal or Publication Title:
Education, Citizenship and Social Justice
Volume:
6
Number:
2
Language:
English
ISSN:
1746-1979
Status:
Published / Disseminated
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