Collaborative Problem Solving: Financial Education for Youth
Volume
37
Issue
5
Abstract
Financial literacy is a highly promoted objective - one that takes many partners to address effectively. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension family economics specialists initiated a statewide collaborative effort to develop new ways to link financial education for youth to educators. An Economic Education Expo was planned which attracted more than 100 educators and 40 inner city, ethnically diverse young people. Adults attended workshops ranging from economic standards to personal finance. The young people shared a wide range of entrepreneurship experiences and expertise. A collaboration wall exercise after lunch gave participants an opportunity to write mini proposals for small grants. At the end of the conference, more than 80 percent of the participants said the Expo would help them do a better job. At a follow-up evaluation meeting, the collaborating partners said they often found themselves in competing situations, and it took Cooperative Extension to bring them all together to work toward a common goal.
Recommended Citation
McKenna, J., & Carroll, J. (1999). Collaborative Problem Solving: Financial Education for Youth. The Journal of Extension, 37(5), Article 6. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol37/iss5/6
