“Consumer Classroom” European Website, an Interactive Tool for Consumer Education

Abstract

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to present the product of an action-research project named “Consumer Classroom” which generates better consumer education practices in all EU Member States. The main goal of “Consumer Classroom” project was to set up an interactive website which was developed to make it easy for teachers to learn about consumer topics, create or choose ready-made lessons to teach their students and collaborate online with other teachers and classrooms around Europe. The website www.consumerclassroom.eu is a multilingual pan European website dedicated to the teachers, all across EU, of students aged 12-18