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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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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 |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HG Finance > HG179 Personal finance L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC65 Social aspects of education |
| Creators: | Farnsworth, Valerie, Davis, Pauline, Kalambouka, Afroditi, Ralph, Sue, Shi, Xin and Farrell, Peter |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197911410372 |
| ISSN: | 1746-1979 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5867 |
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