Financial Literacy Skills in Preschool Period and Evaluation of Financial Literacy Skills in 2013 Preschool Education Program

Abstract

In this study, findings on the definition of financial literacy, which has become one of the life skills of the 21st century, its components and the value of gaining financial literacy skills in the preschool period are presented with the national and international literature review, as well as the importance of including financial literacy skills in the preschool education program. has been studied. Afterwards, it was aimed to present the achievements targeting the development of financial literacy skills by scanning the 2013 pre-school education program being implemented in Turkey. . In this study, in which the document review method was adopted within the scope of qualitative research methods, a literature review was conducted on international and national literature on financial literacy and financial literacy skills in the preschool period, and the results were interpreted and presented.The preschool education program applied in pre-school education institutions is the words "shopping, agreement, bank, borrowing, value, invoice, financial security, financial preference, income, expense, counting, risk, savings, trade, tax, investment" were taken into account. As a result of the examination, it was determined that there were two gains in cognitive and language development areas and one acquisition in the field of social-emotional development in relation to financial literacy skills. According to the findings of the research, there are 63 acquisitions in total in the preschool education program and when the explanation statements presented in connection with these acquisitions are examined, it is seen that 5 (%7.9) acquisitions are related to the development of financial literacy skills. As a result of the research, it has been understood that the Preschool Education Program does not sufficiently support the development of financial literacy skills in children in terms of achievements.