Abstract:
The purposes of this Research and Development were to 1) develop the economic learning activity package using scenario-based learning to promote financial literacy of lower secondary school students and 2) study the results of using the economic learning activity package. The samples were 29 of 9th-grade secondary school students who registered in the elective course related to financial planning and management in daily life in the second semester of the academic year 2019 at the demonstration secondary school under the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Bangkok. Participants were selected through a purposive sampling method. The samples were taught for 11 weeks by the researcher. The research tool was the financial literacy test. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test. The results of the research were as follows 1. The principles of the economic learning activity package using scenario-based learning to promote the financial literacy of lower secondary school students are: (1) focus on bringing theory to practice, (2) set the scenarios related to real-life to encourage students to use various financial skills, (3) emphasis on the use of problem-solving thinking and decision-making skill without being judged as right or wrong, and (4) learn through wrong financial decisions. The content in the package covers financial knowledge and basic knowledge of economics. The learning activity package includes 11 activities sequenced by the principles of financial planning and management. Each activity includes four steps, which are (1) Experiencing, (2) Role-Playing, (3) Facing on a climax scene, and (4) Reflecting. The assessments of the activities are the financial literacy test, learning log, and accumulated financial bonus points. The results of the student satisfaction towards the learning were at a very good level. 2. Students overall mean of the post-test scores on the financial literacy after using the learning activity packages was statistically significantly higher than the pre-test score (Significant at .05 level) and when considered separately by the components of financial literacy, it was found that there is the highest mean change in financial knowledge and skills, financial behavior, and financial attitude respectively.