Topic: Cryptocurrency education in school's curriculum, good or needless? (Read 395 times)

That would definitely be interesting, and it will prepare the future generations about cryptocurrencies. But currently, I don’t think there is any such program. I think this requires a simple way to understand, because it is difficult for students to grasp.

Cryptocurrencies are pretty much going to be part of our future monetary system and the only way to lift this burden on the upcoming generations is to introduce this in our education system and I support this move. But because cryptocurrencies are not legal tender in some countries I think they will face some resistance to make this possible.

As I would think of it, adding cryptocurrency into the school curriculum will be of more advantage than disadvantage. But the political ideology and belief of the crypto market of the leaders ruling such nation has to come into play here. If only they can understand the prompt solutions cryptocurrency has solved over the years since its inception. And not people coming into resolution without appropriate discoveries and evidence to back up misleading cases about it. It will be bravo if cryptocurrency is been added into school curriculum.

It will depend on each country whether it is ready or not.
And what grade of school is that?
But in my personal opinion, this may not be urgent enough to be implemented elementary-intermediate curriculum.
I mean, this may work well to be implemented in certain education curriculum that has relation to the economy, financial, or other technology systems. But if that is in the common school, I think it is not urgent enough to put it in the curriculum. But, it is possible to be only one pr more subjects of materials, with the content based on the grades of the edcuation itself.

It can, but may not be for elementary school, junior high school and high school levels. I think college is the right time to get to know crypto education. Of course, it can be adjusted to the level of development in a country. Those with the state have legalized Crypto of course it could start early at the high school level. But for elementary and junior high school children certainly do not need to be expressly. Maybe in the input in the material about the crypto basis to start will be better to continue at a higher school level.

Obviulsy a good move though but who will initiate it and who will work behind to implement in every country. Yes the countries who allowed bitcoin transactions and legally accepted it, can move forward forming a group of crypto experts preparing stuffs on what has to be taught on crypto. In each country, we should have teams of crypto experts appointed by governments. Let them take responsibility in crypto's growth in the respective country and let them educate young ones on crypto.

Instead of adding it as a compulsory subject, I think it would be better if it were added as an elective- where students will have the opportunity to take extra lessons from it or not. Thus, it should be integrated or somehow connected to an economics degree (or even as a general elective for all).

In the event that this cannot be followed, I personally think that it would be best if there would be various forums held by college universities be held regularly per semester. In this way, students would at least have a background/foundation about the roots of cryptocurrencies as this is something that is considered complex in nature.

Even if cryptocurrency is added to school curriculum I don't think if it will be compulsory to every student.  Economics which is one of the subjects in the school curriculum is not compulsory to all students,  students who sees it interesting go for it. No matter how tough cryptocurrency maybe it will still be a favourite subject to some students and cryptocurrency will not be a compulsory subject/course but  an elective one.

Still, I think to know the ins-and-outs of crypto, one really needs to get an understanding of signatures, hashes and hashing, and cryptography in general. How hash functions work and how its applied in the world of security is pretty crucial to crypto I'd say. Forcing learning about another subject - something that students aren't interested in much would just increase a lot of pressure on them and they'd just end up ignoring bitcoin - saying that its a redundant thing because we already have a method of transacting money.

Also, just in my opinion, many might disagree with me, but I feel like a great many among high school teachers don't know what bitcoin is/ dont know the workings of it. I doubt they're really the best people to introduce students to topics that are as technical as bitcoin, seeing as the biggest complain with schools is that they dont "teach us how to do taxes" - thats really the cliché, but you see where I'm going with this - schools arent the best at teaching topics that relate to real world finance. 

College/university professors on the other hand are much more inclined towards recent developments (atleast in my personal experience till now), and specially in fields like CS where they are already aware about hashing, modular arithmetic, number theory - some stuff which is really the foundations of bitcoin, they'd be much better equipped to teach the future generation about bitcoin. Sadly, most college courses don't really have an elective that focuses on the blockchain or cryptocurrency as a whole, but I'm hoping that can be changed in the future.

It will do well if digital cryptocurrency can be included in the finance subject taught in highschool only and not to children underaged because dey may not really know or understand it.


The school only focus on the theoretical aspect of education but left behind the practical aspect which is the reality one face in real life, that's why you see a first class student but lack how to manage business and the technicality in commerce, many founders and  business entrepreneurs doing well only have the practical knowledge in doing business without having even an ordinary school qualification.

It is not just good, it's essential. But I wouldn't just limit it to crypto education, I would say monetary and economic education should be mandatory from the earliest possible education (day one in schools) as it once was in some parts of the world. We are missing out a lot in not implementing those principles in an early stage of one's education. In a global society so heavily engulfed in capital, we sure are neglecting to educate individuals on it.

I don't see it becoming a popular school subject. It's not like we are taught finance properly, let alone what Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are. You finish high school not understanding the concept of money due to the unnecessary theoretical knowledge they filled your head with. Things you will forget and don't benefit your life. Who was taught how money is created and why we have inflation? Why are we paying taxes when the government can print whatever trillions they need for a war or as a counter measure against COVID, but that homeless guy who sleeps on the streets needs to stay there because the government can't feed him or house him due to a shortage of funding?  

"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor" - Tupac Shakur

In reality, nothing is that hard to do if one sets one's mind to do it. Like it's taught in basic philosophy that the human mind is a tabula rasa. It's a plain sheet until life begins to write on it. Maths and Further Maths were assumed to be among the toughest subjects in high school a few years ago. Even at that, there were students who found them very easy. Such is life. At present, there are stories of teenagers solving mathematical questions that adults who are science inclined aren't able to solve. To that point, I think it's not enough to to say something is hard when it hasn't been tested. There should be grounds for this. Even if it's difficult, there are going to be some who will find it amusing and interesting. Teaching or learning cryptocurrencies wouldn't be any difficult that learning nuclear physics or thermodynamics and others.

It is not bad if cryptocurrency is in school curriculum,  cryptocurrency is getting more popular every day and some countries are adopting it as a new currency. It will be be best for cryptocurrency to be part of economics as a subject for students to understand it very well just the way they understand their traditional fiat, expecially in countries that cryptocurrency are legal. Their are good reasons why countries are adopting cryptocurrency,  so it will be best for cryptocurrency to be added to school curriculum to make it easy for students to understand how cryptocurrency is affecting the countries economy and it importance.

The concept of introducing Blockchain as a subject in school would be very helpful as it would give insights and uses of applications and tools of this new technology which has disrupted most of the industries (finance, health, real estate, gaming) so far and is on the way to do more. Educating the students about the various different aspects of this technology will help them in becoming better architects of the future.

I will agree if Blockchain is a curriculum in school, but not disagree with Cryptocurrency. both have different meanings for each other.
cryptocurrency is definitely blockchain, but the blockchain isn't cryptocurrency only, a lot of techs can be developed by blockchain such as the Internet, Techno future, Social media, Economy, Election and etc. If the student learning Cryptocurrency, they aren't getting blockchain in general. But if the students learn Blockchain, they get cryptocurrency and future technology.

but must be adapted to their abilities, I think the student has to learn the blockchain knowledge for basics only.

Education should always comply with what the government says. Otherwise, the school will be subject for investigation. However, teaching cryptocurrency and include it into the school curriculum will always be a good idea as it can help the learners to know and understand what is crypto and its functions and benefits to the financial industry. But knowing the government has not legalized and accepted it, then the school should always respect the government and will not start teaching cryptocurrency unless the government has approved it.

having Crypto syllabus in schools should be a welcome idea. The idea for young children shouldn't be centered around profitability but rather the technology and diversity of the cryptographic era. The can improve on the use of cryptography and even suggest better approach since their brains are way sharper and smarter

I do believe that it is essential for the school curriculum to reflect and adjust it accordingly to how the world evolves. The favourable option is to let the teacher take the decision as to what/how should they teach to their students. But in search of "cryptocurrency enlightenment advancement", I don't think that is a probable option. Some concerns are the educational bias, governments pressure, and how does the teacher comprehend the subject. That doesn't come easy, and each school/government should decide it on a case by case basis.

Agreed, if we take a look at Khanacademy, the Bitcoin subject is indeed categorized to Economy division: Finance and capital markets > Unit: Money, banking and central banks > Bitcoin. Making cryptocurrency as an essential subject for the students wouldn't make any sense.

I support the idea of adding it to the school curriculum, even though it not officially or widely adopted yet, the industry is huge and requires to be taught proffionally and not forcefully but to related departments, for example Law students should be taught the roles of lawyers in the Cryptocurrency industry, I.T students, Economic students , Banking and finance should also taught their roles in crypto space.

The curriculums that we have in schools are outdated and literally old school.

But I don't think that these schools are going to welcome to include crypto into it. Like us, we're not able to learn it in school, and just like the rest of the courses and curriculums, crypto has been learned in the real and outside world of school.

It's easier this day because you don't have to be in school to learn crypto. With mass media and with the help of internet, one can learn crypto without going through any curriculum based of studying.

Introducing cryptocurrency in school would not be a bad idea since we are In the digital era. Having them(students) taught about the basics of crypto from the early stage will help a lot in modifying their brains about blockchain.
If many people are paying hundreds of dollars just to learn about the basics of crypto, why can't we introduce it in our schools just to help the young ones to get the knowledge of crypto fast

One other consideration that comes to mind would be the approach specifically tailored to places where it has become Legal tender, or are close to it. If we take El Salvador as a case study, it would seemingly be beneficial for the population to be introduced, at school, to wide range of usability and security concepts and practices, probably before reaching college.
I’m not talking about developing the technical skills at this stage in life (pre-college), but rather to inculcate know-how from a user’s point of view, something that has practical outcomes and a potential bearing on day to day life.

In general terms, College or late High School seem like more adequate phases for people to opt-in to this technology from a technical and business/legal point of view, in careers that have an affinity, or as a general purpose optional introduction.

What I think is that it does make sense but I am a bit skeptical that this will ever be implemented in most countries. You have to think that it can vary a lot from one country to another. There are some countries where economics and financial education are taught in high school but not in most of them. I am a bit conspiratorial about this and I tend to think that most governments prefer their subjects to be financially illiterate, so they will depend more on the state than on themselves to get ahead.

As for cryptocurrency education, especially Bitcoin education I think much the same. Why are governments going to implement in curricula subjects that teach students how to free themselves from the yoke of governments and central banks?

There will be some exceptions, of course, but I don't think it will be the general rule.

I've always been of the opinion that most of the curriculum used by schools need to be revised and updated to better suit the demands of the present and of tomorrow. unfortunately, some of the things taught in some schools have no real life applications currently and the others may soon become obsolete knowledge. The educational system needs to understand that proper education for a young child about crypto secures their financial future, as cryptocurrency education has the ability to instigate/stimulate interest in other new and emerging fields like NFT's. I'm pretty sure many wise and futuristic person's have seen the need to include crypto education in the present curriculum, but have not been able to do so as a result of government restrictions and regulations... so they go ahead to organise small seminars to educate people. A formal introduction of crypto in schools will be beneficial as it will help facilitate the growth of financially independent individuals in the society.

Of course, it is good. And timely as well. But since you mentioned about profitability, I don't think crypto should be taught in such a way as to convince the students that it is profitable. I don't think that's a good approach. It should be taught in an objective or technical terms.

Of course, it would highly depend on which approach it will be discussed. So in terms of cryptography, blockchain, programming, security, coding, and the like, it should be introduced under the computer science department. In terms of Bitcoin's economic implications, it should be discussed in economics class. Finance classes could also delve into crypto for its monetary and financial implications.

Such course, **blockchain related, already implemented on other schools here, but I don't think it should be required on lower levels.
College is good for that as students here is free to add subjects they want as long they are not fully loaded in a specific semester.

I think we have cryptography and other blockchain-related courses under the MIT license, and there are schools that are already investigating the impact of cryptocurrency, both technical and financial aspects, though it is very limited due to the regulations that surround bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
The thing that I want to be an advocate for is trading, trading is more of a technical thing that anyone will want to engage in, and I'm dissatisfied with how finance is taught in school, they teach bonds and securities, but I'm not sure why they don't teach how to use these things in practice. I had no prior knowledge of trading until I began studying bitcoin, and I was a little upset that I arrived late, but better late than never.

To be honest i do not really agree with this part, fresh graduates or whosoever doesn't need to learn about Bitcoin in a school to understand the network or to harness its benefits, there are more than a million materials to choose from in order to learn about Bitcoin, there are books, varieties of them for that matter, one is 'Mastering Bitcoin' by Andreas Antonopoulos, there are so many videos on youtube and other platforms as well, there is also this forum and many more.

Having said that, even if this is to be implemented, in some parts of the world it is going to be somewhat difficult to get teachers on the subject, people who do not have sufficient knowledge about Bitcoin could take up the job and start spreading misconceptions and fake theories which will affect prospective learners.

Another thing is safety, when Bitcoin is learnt in physical groups like a school, people could easily lose personal info of their wallet like their seed phrases and thus lose their funds, for example, since the teacher is prolly going to be teaching novices about Bitcoin, he could prolly be a scammer who will teach them how to buy Bitcoins into their wallet, but he himself would keep a copy of their seed phrase, and with that steal funds from the students, maybe i am being paranoid, but it is possible, i believe Bitcoin should be learnt individually, without the help of a personal teacher or mentor.

This type of thread has appeared here before, but i could not recall the board in particular we render or rise different suggestions concerning cryptocurrency education and adoption in universities. So the only factor i notices that made cryptocurrency not be included in educational curriculum, is because government have not officially endorse cryptocurrency, even some countries who has legalize cryptocurrency have not embrace it's educational function, but i know in due course cryptocurrency will be a discipline in educational field.

I think there's reports of a few countries doing it or attempting to do it anyway.

I'm not sure whether I'm fully in favour of the idea as it might not be too useful to some students and getting them all to learn about it might be problematic. I'd fist see it moving into subjects (at school level) like computer science or maths and then extend more mainstream from there where appropriate.

 
blockhain is a new technology in its infancy, and a highly speculative investment.
before that, students should be studying the basics.

The principles of fiat money, what is currency, etc.
Basic principles of personal finance.

Basic coding education,  lear ing the mindset and principles of coding which applies to all languages .

Blockchain is a very specific niche , and we like it or not it may become irrelevant in future

The difficulty level depends on how deep and expansive you would want the courses to be. An introduction into the blockchain world, majorly containing the basics would be fairly easy for an undergraduate to understand.

Students already are forced to take a lot of courses which are not directly relevant to their chosen field of study. Having an an elective course on blockchain and crypto would not be a bad idea imo.

I think in school they should start teching about Blockchain technology, the benefits of decentralized economy and Bitcoin rather than simply discussing about cryptocurrency education. To justify my opinion let me list  three basic key points.

• Blockchain technology is the backend of any cryptocurrency project.
• Decentralization and transparency are the key pillars.
• Bitcoin is the first crypto and kids need to know from where it all started.

School? I'd say not. Maybe introduce it as another "method of transaction" in an Economics class, and students that are intrigued by coming across that name might want to look it up on their own if they want. Forcing it in school isn't the way to go, and I think a lot of students won't really understand/be interested in the technicalities of it at all - they might just look at it, think "oh well" and assume it to be another redundant currency, because a high school book won't be able to point out the interesting stuff that really makes up the essence of bitcoin.

Maybe have it as an elective in college? Absolutely. There are a lot of ways bitcoin can be introduced as a college elective - CS students can get to learn a lot about hashing, its practical uses, and cryptocurrency. An economics major may get to learn about its market influence and stuff like that. I think introducing it in college is much more beneficial, as college students might be interested and that is the prime time they can really grasp the values and do justice. Further, I feel like college students would be much more open to doing some research/background reading on their own compared to high school students.

It’s already been done in Slovakia.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.58578455

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It’s a good thing bitcoin is taught in schools. The education system focus on transferring knowledge to students in any area they choose, the teachers do not discuss much about the monetary benefits of a course but they teach the ethics and value of the subject. I think it will help grow a generation of bitcoiners who are more interested in bitcoin as a currency and store value than a money earning opportunity.

Personally adding a cryptocurrency subject in school will be tough for many students due to hard to learn, it's just like students get forced to take a college course. I'd say it's better the cryptocurrency subject for college on IT/computer major, a lot university already have it ['LIST] Institutions offering blockchain courses and programs in the world.

It's something like shitcoin shills, fake trading signal, so called expert speculators? lol. Don't teach about money purpose only, it's a bad start for learning.

I'm not sure if there is an official program somewhere that teaches about cryptocurrencies, I would not be surprised if in some more advanced crypto states we already have it.
what is certain is that such a large market cannot be ignored, especially in education in the economy.
I think the biggest problem is that crypto is evolving very fast and a good curriculum is very difficult to make. it is made in the best case in a year, and for crypto trends this can be a very long period with many changes.

Wouldn't it be a wonderful move, should there be a rising group of advocates or promoters to push forward for the inclusion of cryptocurrency education in the education curriculum of countries as this might likely  bring about the followings:

(1) Widespread knowledge about the crypto world and it's functionalities. Thereby, quelling the fears of many who ignorantly think the system is ain't working profitably.


(2) create or add to the multiple choices to fresh graduates to pick from due to the dilemma faced by fresh graduates in picking a side hustle while waiting for a job through their certificate.

(3) increase in the number of cryptoprenuers  in and reduce the to an extent the burden of job creations on the part of the government. Etc.

To the house, what do you think? Does this idea makes sense for cryptocurrency enlightenment advancement?
What are your thoughts about this, please flood your thoughts let rob minds together.