EVALUATION OF A PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, ME AND THE ECONOMY IN CHILEAN SCHOOL CHILDREN OF GENERAL EDUCATION BASIC

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the result of the economic education program called Me and the Economy, in school children of 6 degrees grade of Basic General Education in Temuco, Chile. The sample included groups and complete courses, being constituted by 211 school children with 50.2% of them were boys. The structure of socio-economic level was 22% low level, 35% middle-low level, 30% middle-high level and 13% upper level. As an instrument it was applied the Test of Economic Literacy for Children. The methodology was pre-experimental, pre and post-test with a single group, with a repeated measures design. The results show a significant increase in economic literacy levels of participants after the program. It was found significant differences between gender and socio-economic level, and a significant interactive effect between boys and girls of upper socio-economic level. The results are discussed considering the theoretical antecedents of the present research.