Due to the increasing complexity of the financial markets, ageing European population and development of the digital world that makes money practically virtual, young people are in a vulnerable situation, and financial literacy is a vital skill for the 21st century. However, most of students do not receive financial education before joining the labour force. The latest youth financial literacy statistics provide clear evidence of the growing need to raise awareness about personal finance topics around the world.

Taking into consideration these aspects, the consortium partners saw the need of cross-curricular and interdisciplinary teaching of financial literacy making use of gamification and real case simulation methodology, especially for hearing impairments and other disabilities students for which special pedagogy is needed and who are subject to social exclusion, discrimination and low incomes. The 7 organizations found the opportunity in this Erasmus+ cooperation project to increase the level of financial literacy of teachers and students and to provide unified curriculum, training materials, education tools based on adequate and attractive teaching methods, in order to avoid special needs students’ social exclusion.

The project will offer the following resources:

A new interdisciplinary training curriculum and learning materials in “Financial Literacy Skills using games in Special Education”
A best practices and stories collection of successful personal financial management
“I am a financially successful person!“ guidelines for financial and entrepreneurial skills workshops and exhibition based on real case simulation techniques

Partnership:

Liceul Tehnologic Special Vasile Pavelcu (Romania)

C.I.P Citizens in Power (Cyprus)

Telsiu kurciuju ir neprigirdinciuju draugija (Lithuania)

Fondazione Istituto dei Sordi di Torino ONLUS (Italy)

ASOCIATIA DEMETRIUS (Romania)

DOMSPAIN SLU (Spain)

KONYA IL MILLI EGITIM MUDURLUGU (Turkey)

Project Number: 2021-1-RO01-KA220-SCH-000032584

Duration: November 2021 – November 2023 (24 months)

Project Website: https://fingo-financial-literacy.blogspot.com/p/home.html

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