UNDERSTANDING THE CRISIS. ¿DOMINATE THE TEENS ECONOMIC CONCEPTS?

Abstract

In the following article are reported the results of a research about the domain and context of the economic concepts of adolescents aged from 16 to 18 years old of the current economic crisis. The two studied groups attend the same school and come from similar socioeconomic contexts; however one of the two group courses the subjects of Contemporary History and Economics (Group A), and the other group doesn´t (Group B). The information is collected through a written questionnaire to collect to gather the opinion of the students, on the subject of our study. The results show greater complexity of the financial concepts and the influence of the media, the family and the school depending on the concept.