The literature also provides hints as to how to minimise side effects, for instance by following the simplified explanation of a given phenomenon with clear warnings about its inherent complexity, the loss of accuracy resulting from popularisation, and the existence of any alternative explanations.
With this issue in mind, the Bank’s financial education programme for schools provides, alongside simplified reading material for students, more advanced, topic-specific Teacher’s Guides; we also have a comprehensive programme of courses for teachers. The approach must be different for museums, where the attention span of visitors is typically shorter.