Financial Literacy in secondary schools (Money and money management) Alex Neill & Melanie Berg 24 th July 2014

Intro to the survey Students [n=2,646, 24 schools] Behaviours, attitudes, knowledge, place in the school Teachers [n= 196, 53 schools] Attitudes, place in the school, resources, barriers School leaders [n= 39, 39 schools] Attitudes, place in the school, resources, barriers

FL education in schools School Leaders % who agree Teachers % who agree Students % who agree It is important for students to learn about personal money management 99% (78% SA, 22% A) 97% (72% SA, 26% A) - Learning about money management should take place in schools 93% (45% SA, 48% A) 97% (39% SA, 56% A) - I include money management ideas in my teaching -59% (21% SA, 38% A) - I want to learn more about how to manage my money --73% (21% SA, 51% A) I have learnt a lot at secondary school I have learnt nothing at secondary school 14% 28%

Sources of FL

Barriers

Perception of learning by subject

And most of all... Thank you for your time Ngā mihi Alex Neill & Mel Berg NZCER