Occupational hierarchy as a device to study Mexican children’s and adolescents’ ideas about consumption and saving in adults

Diez-Martínez, Evelyn; Ochoa, Azucena

doi:10.1016/j.joep.2005.06.010

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“…In our research group works we have studied among several socio-economic aspects, the ideas of children and adolescents on consumption and saving in adults (Diez-Martinez & Ochoa, 2006), adolescents' financial and banking concepts, understanding of work and unemployment (Diez-Martinez et al, 2001), the impact of television on this knowledge (Diez-Martinez et al, 2000), understanding of street signs related to economic interchanges, (2012), and finally this knowledge linked to occupational aspirations and overall understanding of social organisation (Diez-Martinez, 2009).…”

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Adolescents' Comprehension about Sustainable Development as a Device to Study Socio-Economic Knowledge Related to Citizenship

Diez-Martínez

2013

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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Environmental education has been included in the school curricula of many countries in the last 15 years. Implementation has been not as successful as expected due to various constraints reported in several research projects. Its achievement remains uncertain and more research is required in all areas of education. In order to propose a curriculum change, research is needed on how and what students really understand and know concerning sustainable development. An exploratory study was undertaken to study levels of comprehension of certain themes of sustainable development in adolescents. Interviews were conducted with 40 Spanish and Mexican high school students in aspects relating to waste and recycling, several forms of pollution and contamination, ideas on scarcity of natural resources, and population increase. Data illustrate that students are aware of environmental issues, but lack knowledge of how ecological, social and economic aspects are related in sustainable development, showing that information provided in school has not been enough for students to consider these aspects and use them for the fostering of citizenship participation. Knowing the concepts that adolescents use to explain sustainable development, as well as knowledge and information gaps, can allow us to improve environmental education.

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Adolescents' Comprehension about Sustainable Development as a Device to Study Socio-Economic Knowledge Related to Citizenship

Diez-Martínez

2013

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“…This economic literacy would be related not to an expert knowledge of the economy, but more to those conceptual and practical elements that allow subjects to establish and comprehend the various economic activities to which they are exposed in everyday life (the buying and selling of products and the profit that is derived; the exchange of goods for commodities; the value of the currencies and notes; the earning of a salary and the money with which someone is paid; the functioning of the simple activities in a bank; saving; knowledge of different type of occupations; understanding of what someone has to do to get or lose a job, etc.) (Diez-Martinez & Ochoa, 2006;Diez, 2009).…”

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Mexican Adolescents' Comprehension about Bank Functions: Considerations regarding the Development of School Curricula

Diez-Martínez

Delval²

2010

Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

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Mexican secondary and high school curricula do not include any economic or financial education. Furthermore, Mexico's actual banking infrastructure is not widely spread around all of the country, and several towns and villages still do not have banks. Hence it becomes difficult for adolescents to understand these institutions, which are important in the socioeconomic organization of societies. In order to provide research data about levels of comprehension among adolescents of these topics, so that it can eventually be considered by Mexican authorities that produce school curricula, it was decided to develop a pilot study with a sample of 25 adolescents between 12 and 16 years of age from a middle-class socioeconomic context, who were individually interviewed about bank functioning, interest rates and the difference between credit and debit cards. Subjects were tested individually in their schools by the researchers and the interviews lasted approximately 25 minutes. All interviews were audio taped and later transcribed. Results show that the majority of subjects understand interest rates on loans but cannot relate them to interest rates on deposits. They also confuse credit and debit cards. Data are discussed in terms of levels of comprehension and possible application to school curricula.

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Consumer Economic Socialization

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Handbook of Consumer Finance Research

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Occupational hierarchy as a device to study Mexican children’s and adolescents’ ideas about consumption and saving in adults

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Adolescents' Comprehension about Sustainable Development as a Device to Study Socio-Economic Knowledge Related to Citizenship

Adolescents' Comprehension about Sustainable Development as a Device to Study Socio-Economic Knowledge Related to Citizenship

Mexican Adolescents' Comprehension about Bank Functions: Considerations regarding the Development of School Curricula

Consumer Economic Socialization

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