Financial education in non-university teaching

Abstract

This work deals with the study of financial education in non-university education and has been developed through the study of the situation in three countries: The United States, Mexico and Spain. On the one hand, a study of the financial education situation in each country has been carried out. On the other hand, the actions that have been carried out by the different public, private and educational institutions have been analysed. These actions have led to the elaboration of financial education plans with the objective of their implementation in non-university education and whose contents can be consulted in the Bank of Spain, in the MIS and in the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (2015 a, 2015b) It is worth highlighting the development of a code of good practice for financial education initiatives, which serves as a basis to be followed by all those institutions interested in providing financial education, whose content can be found in OECD (2015) and OECD (2005). Regarding financial education in Spain, educational portals have been created, collections of practical family economy tips with materials and training resources that support the implementation of financial education in schools. The aim of this work is, therefore, to analyse the different proposals that are detailed in each of the three countries and, consequently, to elaborate an educational proposal that can be implemented within the Spanish educational system.