Education
[ Last Updated 20 October 2005 ]
ACE Consumer is a free online educational resource developed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs for teachers and students working at levels 3-4 of the Social Studies curriculum, available from within the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Website.
ACE Consumer is a tool for teachers to teach, and students to learn, how to be Active, Critical and Enquiring consumers in the classroom and onwards into real life.
ACE Consumer is made of two inter-linked parts:
- A downloadable teachers’ resource with structured classroom teaching and learning programme
- A set of online activities (Digital Learning Objects – DLOs) which students use after completing the classroom programme to apply what they learned.
Students working at Level 3-4 of the curriculum are consumers. They are already able to makes choices about items they wish to purchase and have some understanding of how transactions occur. This resource is intended to equip students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to enable them to become active, critical and enquiring consumers.
ACE Consumer gives students an awareness of their rights and responsibilities as consumers, but also an awareness of the rights and responsibilities of businesses and the role the Government plays in regulating the consumer market.
The activities in this resource encourage active participation from students when exploring consumer issues and develop and use critical decision-making skills. Where possible, the activities draw from the experience of students as consumers and their participation in local communities.
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