As the debt of the U.S. government approaches $9 trillion, we must ask ourselves what sort of economic example is being set for our students. If this debt will be passed on to our current generation of students, what, then, should children and teenagers know about personal finance? How can sound financial principles and money management be taught to these students? Extreme Economics: The Need for Personal Finance in the School Curriculum identifies, through current research, what children and teenagers need to know about managing funds. It shows educators how to design instructional activities that enable students to learn about money management in fascinating and meaningful ways.Extreme Economics is not filled with complicated or confusing charts, graphs, and terminology. It is readable and immediately applicable. As education continues to advance, the school curriculum might consist of reading, writing, math, and economics and finance. This book is an important step to ensuring a solid base in this emerging area.
Keen Babbage has 23 years of experience as a teacher and administrator in middle, high school, college, and graduate school. He is the author of 6 other books, all published by Rowman & Littlefield Education.
1 How to Learn About Money2 Student Life Experience as a Powerful Classroom Resource3 How Student Life Experience Connects With What Students Need to Learn4 How to Fully Apply Student Life Experience to Achieve Mastery5 Student Coversations, Hobbies, Daily Lives: More Resources for Any Teacher Who Listens and Notices6 A Day in the Economic Life of an Elementary School Student7 A Day in the Economic Life of a Middle School Student8 A Day in the Economic Life of a High School Student9 A Visit to a Middle School Extreme Economics Class10 Save, Save More, Keep Saving
Babbage’s book is aimed at teachers and educators, but any parent or student would also benefit from reading it. The spend-for-today mentality has to stop. Schools and society have to address the problem, and Dr. Babbage has concrete ideas, exercises and plans.
