Educação financeira na formação de estudantes do ensino médio: de propostas à práticas cotidianas

Abstract

The present work on financial education in the education of students has the general objective of investigating the understanding and knowledge of high school students about financial education and the way they deal with their financial resources. To this end, we seek to, a) discuss the importance of Financial Education composing the mathematics work of Basic Education, especially in High School, b) identifying whether in the school and family trajectory of students there was systematic work related to Education Financial, and c) map, through academic productions, suggestions and methods to develop the teaching of Financial Education in context with financial mathematics. The study is considered to be of a theoretical nature with a qualitative and quantitative approach and the objectives are classified as descriptive. The investigation was carried out in the field with three classes from the 2nd year of high school in a public school in the municipality of Várzea-PB. The data collection instrument is an online questionnaire, through Google Forms. In general, the study revealed that the students' level of knowledge about Financial Education is insufficient, as well as the habits of how they deal with their finances, showing the lack of mastery and understanding of mathematical contents. It also made it possible to locate quality materials, specially designed for Financial Education, articulating mathematical education and financial mathematics. The didactic suggestions present diversified proposals to assist and simplify the teaching of mathematics and Financial Education, thus enriching the possibilities of applications of the content in these areas.