Gaming Our Way to Financial Literacy with Dr. Luke Erickson, Associate Professor of Personal Finance in the Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Science at the University of Idaho
Dr. Luke Erickson and his colleagues have developed several virtual learning activities (games) like Night of the Living Debt and Credit Score Millionaire for high school students and adults. In this episode, Luke shares his thoughts about various learning methods and teaching approaches in personal finance education.
- Night of the Living Debt and Credit Score Millionaire
- How we learn differently about money through games
- Different ways of learning about personal finance, from lectures to classrooms to games
- How we learn about failing and how games offer chances to fail in no-risk situations
- Anybody can be financially successful
- The approach and qualify of financial education programs matter
- The value of face-to-face interaction and field trips in learning about finances
- Invest regularly in your own financial education
