Educação financeira nas aulas de matemática do ensino médio: elementos históricos e aplicações

Abstract

Business relations played an important role in the construction of civilization as it is today. As business relations developed, mathematics also developed. Financial education is essential in the formation of citizens, since the relationship with money, consumption and critical decision- making are inherent to citizenship. The theme has gained space in the media, social networks and is addressed by the main documents guiding education. Despite this, there is still a kind of cultural block on the topic. The growing indebtedness in Brazil proves that it is essential to approach the theme in the classrooms, however, not only through formulas and repetitions, but in order to align teaching with the student's own life, generating engagement and giving meaning to the learning process. Thus, our objectives are: 1) to present historical elements of financial education in basic education, as well as the documents that guide financial mathematics and its competences; 2) to present the most common concepts and applications of financial mathematics; 3) present suggestions for activities to be worked on in the classroom in a contextualized way, with a view to teaching that leads to financial education, conscious decision making and applicability in everyday situations.