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Analysis on the Necessity and Development Path of Education of Familial Finance

Author(s)

Yanwu Ma

Affiliation(s)

School of Management, China Women’s University, Beijing, China

Abstract

With the continuous developments of social economy, the financial management needs of our residents are becoming increasingly prominent. However, compared to the high-speed growth, our financial management education is evidently delaying. Strategies to cultivate students' financial management awareness and improve the financial intelligence of adolescents through school education is a rather considerable and urgent topic. By comparing and analyzing the current situation of household financial management education both domestically and abroad, this essay argues that: to carry out school financial management education, educators should clarify the educational goals, standardize the educational content, choose appropriate teaching methods, and exercise students' consumption behavior and cultivate financial management awareness in practice; in addition to carrying out in-school education, joint efforts from families, financial institutions, and the whole society is key to successful financial education.

Keywords

Family Finance; Financial Education; Financial Quotient; Teenagers; Development Path

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