Adopting the concept of the purple economy in school libraries in order to sustainable development

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the economic literacy of secondary school students about economic consumption and the importance of supporting local commodities in Egypt through the use of the experimental approach. The student sample is composed of two groups of STEM schools in Egypt; one of them is the experimental group and the other is the control group, a program of economic literacy has been applied through school library and its activities. The impact of the applied program has been measured for the experimental sample via an achievement tool test for the knowledge side of the economic consumption and the affected factors and its disadvantages. The study results indicate that there are statistical significant differences at the level Of 0.05 of experimental sample for the experimental program. The study also indicates that there are no statistical significance differences at the level 0.05 of the control group. It also refers to significant statistical differences between the two group (the experimental and the control group) after adopting experimental program.

The following are the most prominent recommended suggestions of the study research: The most important is the necessity of school library role with economic literacy development for students through programs, activities and competitions in the library based on self-learning, searching, exploring, investigating examining, cooperative learning, tasks and discussions held among student.