Growing in Values June 1st 2020.

INTERNATIONAL KOREAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.

Ms Castillo.

TOPIC: Consumer education.

OBJECTIVE: To know what is consumer education.

Consumer education is the preparation of an individual to be capable of making informed decisions when it comes to purchasing products in a consumer culture. It generally covers various consumer goods and services, prices, what the consumer can expect, standard trade practices, etc.

Consumer education provides the public with the information it needs on products and services so it can make well-informed decisions on what it is purchasing and from whom it purchases. It helps consumers understand their rights and become active participants in the buying process.

Consumer Education is concerned with teaching people the skills, attitudes and knowledge required for living in a consumer society. It is a fundamental component of general education, which should support consumers in their attempts to organize their everyday lives in a sustainable way.

The goal is to protect the consumer from malicious companies that have ill intent. Consumer education helps to prevent unfair situations from happening.

terest of the individual child." Education is a public good as well as a private consumer good, and public education has traditionally been an arena in which Americans have been required to deliberate and act on the basis of common goals, to articulate and adapt and transmit the ideals of democracy and equity.

ASSIGNMENT: Read the text and answer the following questions:

1- What is consumer education and its importance?

2- what do you learn in consumer education?

3- Why its necessary to educate the consumers about their protection?

4- Its consumer a education good?

NOTA: Enviar la asignación el día martes 2 de Junio.