Comparison of the Turkish and USA Primary and Secondary School Social Sciences Curriculums in the Context of Economic Literacy
Keywords:
economic literacy, primary and secondary school, social studies, curriculum, content analysis.Abstract
Economic literacy comprises of having information about economy themes as scarcity, supply and demand, markets, opportunity costs, resources, productivity, economic growth, and systems, etc., giving correct decisions about economy issues and demonstrating correct economy behaviors. Rising interest to improve the levels of economy awareness of individuals has increased the importance of economic literacy. Economic literacy is an issue which concerns all sections of society, thus also primary and secondary school students closely.
In this study, primary and secondary school social science curriculums of United States of America (New York) were compared to Turkish primary and secondary school social sciences curriculum in terms of economic literacy content of the programme. The data were collected through document examination and investigated by means of content analysis. In consequence of primary and secondary school social sciences curriculums examinations; different and similar implementations were detected between programs of two countries in terms of economic literacy context.
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