The Development of the Economic Learning Activity Package Using Scenario-based Learning to Promote the Financial Literacy of Lower Secondary School Students

Abstract

The purposes of this Research and Development were to 1) develop the economic learning activity package using scenario-based learning to promote financial literacy of lower secondary school students and 2) study the results of using the economic learning activity package. The samples were 29 of 9th grade secondary school students who registered in the elective courses in the second semester of the academic year 2019 at the Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School under the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Bangkok. Participants were selected through a purposive sampling method. The research tool was the financial literacy test. The data was analyzed by using mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results of the research showed that 1) the economic learning activity package using scenario-based learning to promote the financial literacy of lower secondary school students includes 11 activities. The principle of Learning Activity Package is focusing on bringing theory to practice though the uses of various financial skills to make decisions under the scenarios as close as real life, without being judged as right or wrong. Students can learn by wrong financial decisions. There are four-steps in the activities including (1) Experiencing (2) Role-Playing (3) Facing on a climax scene and (4) Reflecting. 2) The students had a higher mean posttest score on the financial literacy than pre-test at the .05 level of significance.