Abstract:

The economic and financial crisis of 2007/2008 has revealed one of the most important weaknesses that has gone unnoticed throughout contemporary history: the knowledge held by the majority of Spaniards about the financial system and its products is below the average of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Lusardi, 2015). In fact, this situation is further aggravated if the gender perspective is taken into account, where women in rural regions are economically-financially dependent on their husbands, being unable to complete their empowerment with a solid base in financial knowledge and domestic economics.

The aim of this communication is to offer the results obtained from the application of blogs on home economics in the Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teaching at the University of Almeria, more specifically in the subject of Complements for Training in Economics, Business and Commerce in the academic year 2018/2019.

For this purpose, the Blackboard Learn virtual platform was used to provide students with a space in which to make blog entries and, in addition, to make comments on the contributions of other colleagues. Afterwards, the students had to present their personal and holistic vision of the blog contributions to the rest of their classmates in an organized and coherent way in the form of a conceptual map.

Results show, from the perspective of the blog, a very high interest and participation of students, providing the latest news and developments about the economy and supporting each other with comments that enriched the view of the issue. On the other hand, the exposition of the concept maps was the result of the consolidation of the results obtained in the blog, presenting some contents in a clear and transversal way with which all the students understood the concept of domestic economy and its importance in the education of the youngest.

The Master in Teaching in Secondary Education integrates students of various backgrounds: law, tourism, economics, business administration or marketing, among others. This means that, when using a blog to address home economics, students provide a multidisciplinary view of the issue.

References:
[1] Lusardi, A. (2015). Financial literacy skills for the 21st century: Evidence from PISA. Journal of consumer affairs, 49(3), 639-659.

Keywords:

Blog, home economics, education.