{"id":41145,"date":"2025-12-02T13:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/?p=41145"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T12:17:16","slug":"economics-for-children-with-patrycja-kowalczyk-rolczynska-phd-associate-professor-at-wueb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badania.uew.pl\/en\/economics-for-children-with-patrycja-kowalczyk-rolczynska-phd-associate-professor-at-wueb\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics for Children with Patrycja Kowalczyk-R\u00f3lczy\u0144ska PhD, Associate Professor at WUEB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A paper index book, a formal pledge and the first public speeches – this is how the adventure with the Economic University for Children begins at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business. For more than a decade, the project has shown pupils in Years 5-6 that finance, entrepreneurship and economic mechanisms can be understood – and even enjoyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why start in Years 5-6?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Economic University for Children (EUD) is aimed at pupils in Years 5 and 6 of primary school.<\/strong> As Patrycja Kowalczyk-R\u00f3lczy\u0144ska PhD<\/a><\/strong>, who leads the programme at WUEB, points out, this is exactly the moment when you can spark children\u2019s interest in economics and offer activities that match their age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is also when a natural curiosity about \u201cadult\u201d topics appears: where inflation comes from, what demand and supply are, why we pay taxes. At the Economic University for Children these terms stop being abstract. They are translated into everyday decisions that children and their families make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A strong strand of the programme is building resistance to misinformation. Children compare what they \u201cread\u201d in social media with reliable academic knowledge. Discussions grow out of the workshops carried out in class, and lecturers explain concepts in an accessible way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, young participants learn to filter content, check sources and argue their position<\/strong> – digital and civic competences in practice, not just in theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do classes at EUD look like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The format of the Economic University for Children is simple and ambitious at the same time. Each meeting has three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n