ECONOMIC EDUCATION OF STUDENTS AND ADULTS: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
Anastasia OLOIERU, ,,Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chișinău
Аннотация
The article describes the similarities and differences of the Economic Education of students and adults. There are
described the stages of the learning model substantiated by David Kolb and the conditions for increasing learning motivation identified by Ginsberg M. B. and Wlodkowski R. J. At the same time, it is mentioned that Economic Education is
an approach that consists of principles, competences, objectives, contents, teaching/ learning/ assessment activities that
are to be observed, planned, implemented and evaluated. Economic Education is a continuous, staged process that must
necessarily be carried out by a specialist in the field of Economics and/or Educational Sciences. The trainer’s role is to
share some of his knowledge and to promote its comprehension. And the role of the trainee is to listen, work, understand
and internalize the received information. Finally, some Economic Values are explained, including independence, freedom and prosperity. Also, there are described the principles of Economic Education that prove its effectiveness.
Keywords: economic education, learning, economic culture, economic values, principles of economic education.
