Consumer education in the United Kingdom
| Autor | Nick Doyle |
| Cargo | Senior Policy and Development Officer of the National Consumer Council, UK |
| Páginas | 121-128 |
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RPDC , Dezembro de 2014, n.º 80
RPDC
Revista Portuguesa
de Direito do Consumo
CONSUMER EDUCATION
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
This paper is about three things. Firstly, consumer education and the school
curriculum; secondly, consumer education for adults; and, nally, the disturbing growth
of business sponsorship of education materials. I have tried to review the whole United
Kingdom scene but readers should note that the education systems in Scotland and
Northern Ireland are different in important ways from the system in England and Wales.
THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Over the last few years have been great changes in the way the school curriculum is
organised, particularly in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Scotland is a special case,
which I shall return to at the end of this section). As a result of these changes, consumer
educators have been provided to school pupils.
In 1988, the UK parliament passed the Education Reform Act. This Act estabilished for
the rst time a statutory and prescribed “national curriculum” in state-funded schools in
England and Wales. Before 1988 schools had the power to decide what they would teach,
though the vast majority concentrated
their efforts on a common range of
traditional subjects. Now, public sector
schools are obriged by law to provide
a basic curriculum of ten “foundation”
subjects: English, Mathematics, Science,
Technology, History, Geography, A
modern foreign language, Art, Music,
Physical education.
Nick DOYLE
Senior Policy and Development
Ofcer of the National
Consumer Council - UK
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