Financial literacy questions reflection in the sphere of additional professional programmes

The problem of financial literacy question reflection in advanced training courses contents for social studies and economics teachers is considered. Today new circumstances are appearing: changes of social education, development of the Conception of teaching contents and methods, and also active efforts of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to include the subject “Financial literacy basics” in the school curriculum. All these phenomena demand the continuing professional education system to quickly react to shifts of audience`s demands. According to the analysis of some normative legal documents in the general education sphere, conceptual materials defining modernization of the education system and implementation of the Federal project “Pilot schools”, the author proves relevance of giving financial literacy lessons within advanced training courses for social studies teachers.