Financial capability is highlighted in The New Zealand Curriculum as an example of the type of theme that schools could use for effective cross-curricular teaching and learning programmes.
Links between learning areas should be explored. This can lead, for example, to units of work or broad programmes designed to develop students’ financial capability, positioning them to make well-informed financial decisions throughout their lives.
The New Zealand Curriculum, pg 39
Financial capability contributes to achieving curriculum goals
Financial capability discussion tool
Learning progressions for financial capability concepts
Print and online resources with a financial capability context
Videos and case studies sharing stories of financial capability from schools and industry experts.
In this section, you will find ideas, stories, templates, and lesson plans to help you build a stronger focus on financial capability in your own school settings.
Published on: 20 Nov 2013
Development of the Financial Capability Progressions (Word 2007, 83 KB)
The financial capability progressions inform effective school-based curriculum design and implementation of financial capability learning programmes.
This document explains the rationale behind the design of the new materials and evidence that informed the new progressions.
