Table of Contents

List of Excerpts, Figures, and Tables – Introduction – Debbie Sonu/Anand R. Marri: The Hidden Curriculum in Financial Literacy: Economics, Standards, and the Teaching of Young Children – Mary E. Brenner: Meaning and Money Revisited – Kathleen S. Cooter: Random Acts of Financial Literacy – Mary Beth Henning/Sarah Johnston-Rodriguez: Strategies and Resources for Teaching Financial Literacy to Youth with Disabilities – Carmela Aprea/Julia Schultheis/Kathleen Stolle: Instructional Integration of Digital Learning Games in Financial Literacy Education – James D. Laney: Teaching Financial Literacy through the Arts: Theoretical Underpinnings and Guidelines for Lesson Development – Bettina Greimel-Fuhrmann: Students’ Money Experiences and Preconceptions of Financial Issues—Implications for Effective Financial Education – Jaime Christensen: Financial Literacy and Youths in Jail – Annie Savard: Teaching Probability and Learning Financial Concepts: How to Empower Elementary School Students in Citizenship – J. Michael Collins/Elizabeth Odders-White/Nilton Porto: The Influence of Teacher Attributes on Financial Education Outcomes – Andrew Brantlinger: Economic Inequality and Secondary Mathematics – Bonnie T. Meszaros/Mary C. Suiter: Personal Finance Education for Young Children: Why Isn’t It Happening? What Needs to Be Done? – Floor E. Knoote/Sofia L. Ortega Tineo: Representation of Vulnerability in National Strategies: Targeting the Needs of Disadvantaged Consumers with Financial Education and Inclusion Efforts – Thomas A. Lucey/Darrell P. Kruger/Jeffrey M. Hawkins: Grasping the Foundational Roots of Economic Perceptions: Precolonial West Africa and the Bantu – Chiara Bacigalupa: Using Stories to Teach Complex Moral Concepts to Young Children – Thomas A. Lucey: Economics, Religion, Spirituality, and Education: Encouraging Understandings of Compassionate Dimensions – Kathleen S. Cooter: Behavioral Economics: Making High School Economics Personal – Contributors.

About the Author

Thomas A. Lucey (Ed.D., University of Memphis) is Professor of Elementary Education in the School of Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University.

Kathleen S. Cooter (Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University) is Professor Emerita at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, and former Executive Director of the Kentucky Council for Economic Education. She is a facilitator for financial empowerment trainings for the Louisville Metro government.