The project will work with educators responsible for personal financial education for students in Tennessee to conduct a needs assessment.
Knoxville, Tennessee — Tennessee requires students to complete independent personal finance courses in order to graduate from high school.
This requirement has been in effect for graduating high school students in Tennessee for nearly a decade. The University of Tennessee Agricultural Institute is embarking on a rigorous two-year study It examines a very important feature of financial education in the classroom.
This research National Fund for Financial Education (NEFE) and Financial Industry Regulator Investor Education Foundation (FINRA Foundation).
This project, “Listening to Learn,” provides insights for improving the effectiveness of high school personal finance courses. This course provides young people with the knowledge and skills to better manage their resources.
The project will work with educators responsible for personal financial education for students in Tennessee to conduct a needs assessment. The information collected includes the resources and curricula currently used by teachers, teachers’ views on personal finance education and student responses to teaching, teachers’ perceptions of the financial issues facing students, Includes challenges and actionable steps in To improve financial education.
This study looks at schools with high poverty rates and takes a closer look at how financial education in such schools compares with that of wealthier high schools. This study also examines approaches to financial education for special needs students.
The information collected informs strategies to support the efforts of financial teachers in Tennessee and beyond. Additionally, the research methodology serves as a starting point for similar studies in other states.
The principal investigator for this project, Anne Berry, is a UT Extension Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences.
“This project and the generous funding from our sponsoring organizations will help our team better understand the state of personal financial education in high schools in Tennessee,” Berry said. , is important for developing resources and best practices related to financial education for young people.”
