The study of the knowledge and attitudes of the students who are in second grade elemantary school to consumer education

Human being takes part in the process of consumption which requires taking decisions about which goods and services from whom, how and when he/she will get with the aim of meeting its needs throughout his/her life. People today are included in this process begining from a very young age. In this respect, it?s impossible to think the children outside the phenomenon of consumption. Especially in the process of transition period in which children will take part in direct consumption scraping from the position of indirect consumer, pre-adolescence period,that covers the students in second grade elemantary school,has critical importance. This study was planned with the purpose of analyzing the levels of knowledge and attitudes of the students in second grade elemantary school to the concept of consumer, consumer rights, responsibilities and consumer education.It was pursued on 400 students in second grade elemantary school. Survey method was utilized in the study. Knowledge test and scale of attitude was applied to the students in second grade elemantary school in this study. As a difference was found between the average scores of test, this difference was explained on the basis of 0,05 importance level. SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 17.0 program was utilized for the evaluation of data. %54,2 percent of the students participated in the study are girls,%45,8 percent of them are boys, according to the findings of the study.With respect to the sex of students in second grade elementary school, the difference between their consumer education and their attitudes that are before-after the activity of purchase was statistically found meaningful(P<0,05).When the level scores of the consumer education knowledge of the students in second grade elementary school;were analyzed in terms of their mothers' occupations, it was seen that difference was statistically meaningful(P<0,05).When the knowledge levels of the students getting elementary education about the consumer education were analyzed in terms of their mothers'education state, it was determined that difference was statistically meaningful (P<0,05).It was determined that difference was meaningful when the consumer education knowledge levels of the students participated in the study were analyzed according to their fathers' occupations(P<0,05). When the scores of the students' consumer education knowledge levels were examined with respect to the education state of their fathers, it was seen that difference was meaningful(P<0,05).