The contribution of educational psychology to the proposals of economic education: key issues

Authors

  • Marianela Denegri Universidad de La Frontera
  • René Gempp Universidad Alberto Hurtado
  • Carlos del Valle Universidad de La Frontera
  • Soledad Etchebarne Universidad de La Frontera
  • Yessica González Universidad de La Frontera

Abstract

In a highly complex social and cultural scenery, understanding of economics has turned out to be a basic need for social adaptation and the practice of citizenship. The present work is a review of the state of the art in research on the understanding of economics with special emphasis on Latin-American and national studies. It also questions the current role of education in the involvement of a suitable economic literacy in the school, presenting the program "Me and economics" as a response from an educational psychology standpoint to the cue issues for and economic education.

Keywords:

Economic literacy, development of economic thought, economic education