Financial Literacy, Toolkit for Personal Finance Management

The PERL Network is a large multi-disciplinary organisation which has a core of work group members supported by a larger group which constitutes the Consultants Network. PERL is coordinated from the Hedmark University College in Norway. The Norwegian Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion also supports PERL. One of the PERL work groups is focusing on “Active Learning Methodologies” and its objectives are to develop resources that build on the student-centred constructive methods of the original “Images and Objects” Active Methodology Toolkit1 and the YouthXchange Training Kit2. This new toolkit aims to promote $nancial literacy. It provides background information on the need for personal $nance management education, games in education, as well as an original card game which can be used in various ways. This toolkit aims to promote $nancial literacy. It provides background information on $nancial education, as well as an original card game which can be used in various ways.