Money Talks

Aims

• to give an insight into the possible different attitudes to personal financial management of the members of a family
• to stimulate students to think about their own attitudes to managing their finances
• to encourage students to investigate sources of information about some financial issues and how to manage them

Learning outcomes

As a result of watching the programme and using the material in the Net Notes students should be able to:

• discuss a variety of approaches to managing personal finances
• explain their own approach to managing at least one aspect of their finances
• investigate at least one source of information (preferably web-based) about a financial issue which interests them
• imagine how they would approach a major financial issue when they are older, e.g. going to university or buying a car

Notes

If time is available, more learning outcomes could be achieved. Several financial topics are covered – see Activities for Students, and the Financial Services Authority’s website: www.fsa.gov.uk/consumer/schools/index.html

The issues around the topics covered are developed further in programmes 2 and 3 of Looking after the Penneys. It may be more useful to concentrate on one financial topic in more depth here and save the investigation of others when using the later episodes.