Abstract

The pandemic period revealed insufficient training of teachers in the field of technology, and this aspect directly influences the instructional-educational act carried out online with students. Teacher training to use technology for education-related purposes is closely correlated with the individual ability to adapt to contemporary challenges, but also to the continuous training that each teacher must undertake in his career, considering the multitude of digital tools that facilitate the didactic activity and facilitate learning by the students. The financial education of students is a necessary discipline in the formation of the individual for the future and society, and a correct acquisition of economic notions can be facilitated by technology, through appropriate digital resources. We believe that the foundations of a minimum financial education should be laid in the primary classes, to form student’s skills related to financially responsible behavior – a very problematic aspect in the education system, because it does not offer such a discipline in the common core of the school curriculum. One solution regarding the implementation of financial education in primary school students would be the delivery of such education by the technology-savvy teacher so that the content taught is presented in an attractive form for students. Training future teachers to implement financial education through digital resources is a challenge. In the following, we will present the results of a research carried out following the author’s teaching activity at the “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău, Romania, within the discipline “Computer Assisted Instruction and Online Educational Platforms”. The research aim was to explore the capacity of future teachers to adopt various technological solutions for a quality educational act. Finally, we will suggest a professional profile of the modern teacher – adapted to modern methods of implementing financial education.

Key words: Digital resources; financial education; initial training