The European Union context in Economic and Financial Education during the Secondary/Baccalaureate/VET studies

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The key point of our proposal is to produce innovative didactic tools for improving self-knowledge of the European citizenship of students, highlighting the specific elements of the EU economic framework in which people, professionals, SMEs, large firms, and public administrations, both individually and together as a society, are living and working. On the basis of transversal values (freedom, tolerance, and non-discrimination), we will update those parts of the modules’ curriculum related to outstanding objectives that affect economic issues, such as sustainability with the 2050 horizon for zero emissions, 2030 horizon for cooperation in development, gender equality, equal development in rural and urban areas, and improvement of financial education of EU citizens. We will provide teachers in active and future teachers (students of the Spanish Master in Training for Teachers of Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training, and Languages) with those innovative didactic tools within a specific plan designed for every mandatory and selective module taught in the area of “Economy”. The didactic resources will be designed and materialized during the first year. The “training” actions will be developed during the second year at a provincial level and during the third year at an autonomous Community level. The training actions will take place in two main scenarios: 1) The Official Master in Training for Teachers of Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Languages, offered by the University of León since 2009-10 and officially accredited by the Spanish Ministry of Education. Specifically, the action is oriented to the Master students enrolled in the specialization of “Economy”. 2) The Retraining Programs for teachers in Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, and Vocational Training, organized by the provincial Delegations of Education.