A Successful Partnership - Junior Achievement

Contents
Activities Learning Goals
The history of banks
Short term banking
products
Long term banking
products
Investments in the
banking market
Human Resources
Teaching Materials
The Program uses:
- Student workbook;
- Poster “How a bank works”;
- Board game with dices and coins;
- Certificate of achievement.
Techniques
- Understand the history of the banking;
- Understand how the banks profit;
- Learn concepts related to the functioning of banks.
- Identify short term deposits and loans;
- Understand the logic of short term deposit interest rates;
- Understand the logic of short term loan interest rates;
- Understand spread.
- Identify long term deposits and loans;
- Understand the logic of long term deposit interest rates;
- Understand the logic of long term loan interest rates;
- Understand the importance of balance between assets and liabilities
of banks;
- Understand the role of a Central Bank in the market.
- Identify daily banking operations;
- Learn to analyze costs and benefits of R&D options;
- Understand the importance of marketing in the banking market.
- Get to know and analyze careers in the banking market;
- Learn to identify careers opportunities;
- Learn how to invest on one’s own development.
The concepts are developed through oriented discussions, written exercises, team work,
simulations and games, creating a pleasurable learning environment.
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