Research On The Design And Development Of Financial Literacy Education Games For Primary Schools

Financial literacy is a new core life ability.With the development of economy,the financial literacy education has been more and more popular by all countries in the world.The attention of all walks of life to the financial literacy education has become higher and higher in our society,and the financial literacy curriculum has emerged.Now many primary schools have set up financial literacy education courses,most of which are school-based courses.The main form of the classroom is teachers teaching financial management knowledge and carrying out some financial activities.However,due to the limited time of school-based courses,students are often not in a forwardly state in the classroom,unable to actively choose their own behavior,so it is difficult to really improve their financial literacy.In order to improve the students' main position in learning,experience in class and enhance their financial literacy education ability,this study uses technology to design and develop a financial literacy education game,so that students can choose behavior on their own and help them improve their financial literacy.The design,development and application of financial literacy education game is the first attempt to combine financial literacy education and education game.Financial literacy education and educational games,this study finds that there are some problems in financial literacy education,such as neglecting the main body of students,and students lack of experience in the classroom.Educational games,as a teaching aid,can attract students' interest and help them study more and more motive This study adopts literature analysis,questionnaire survey,interview and quasi experimental research.Through literature review,other scholars' research ideas on educational games and practical exploration experience are sorted out,and the theoretical basis of this study is constructivism learning theory,situational learning theory and experiential learning theory.Through the questionnaire method to understand the current situation and problems of primary school students' financial literacy.According to the analysis of the characteristics of learners,the framework of financial literacy education standards and the teaching content of financial education,the design of financial literacy education game is proposed.According to the financial game design scheme,confirm the game content,game structure and specific functions in the game,and use the webstorm web development software to apply HTML language,bootstrap development kit and Java Script language to develop financial literacy education game products.In this study,the six-year-old students in a primary school in Nanjing were taken as the research objects,and a semester of teaching practice was carried out.Before theimplementation,the pre-test questionnaire survey was conducted through the financial literacy status survey.According to the investigation of the current situation,that analyzes the characteristics of learners,designs and develops a financial literacy education game.During the experiment,two rounds of experiments were carried out respectively.According to the results of one round of experiments,the financial game was modified,and the modified financial game was applied to the two rounds of experiments.In the process of the experiment,there are three stages of data collection and collation.In each stage,questionnaire survey and interview are used to collect students' financial literacy before and after the experiment.Finally,through the quasi experimental research method,the pre-test data analysis of financial literacy level is eliminated from all the experiments,as well as the difference analysis of the pre-test data before and after the financial literacy education of the two groups in the first and second round.The results of the experiment are processed by SPSS software.The results show that:(1)the application of financial literacy education games can help students improve their financial literacy,especially their knowledge skills and behavior habits.(2)According to the students' suggestions,the modification of the financial game really improves the students' financial literacy.According to the needs of students and suggestions to modify the details of game design can further help students improve their financial literacy.