Mokpo National University Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center Holds Visiting Economic Class in Yeosu Island Area

The Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center at Mokpo National University (President Song Ha-cheol) visited the Yeosu Island Village Gaedo Regional Children's Center (Director Kim Seong-hee) over two days from the 11th to the 12th to conduct the "Visiting Economic Class for Island Regions."

The Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center held an economic classroom program visiting island areas in Yeosu.
[Photo by Mokpo National University]

According to Mokpo National University on the 14th, this economic class consisted of a total of four sessions with the themes △ Wise Money Exploration Life △ Invest in Your Weight △ To Enjoy Consumption or To Save △ Money Worry in the Digital Age. The program was designed in stages to help participants easily understand economic principles and develop interest through play and games.

The first session, Wise Money Exploration Life, helped participants develop a proper value system and awareness about money. The activities were divided into income activities, which produce money, and consumption activities, which use money. The second session, Invest in Your Weight, emphasized the necessity of money management and involved activities where participants practiced various investments for wise money management.

The final third and fourth sessions, To Enjoy Consumption or To Save & Money Worry in the Digital Age, covered the principles of supply and demand, inflation, stock investment, and investment methods in an easy-to-understand manner. Participants reflected on what values and abilities they should have and what roles they should play as economic agents in the global era, concluding the education.

Professor Ko Doo-gap, head of the Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center, said, “The visiting economic class, which focuses on play and games, has a very high satisfaction rate.” He added, “We plan to strengthen the educational content that is more necessary in daily life and train competitive economic education specialists to improve both satisfaction and effectiveness of the education.”

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