Educação financeira na escola do campo: a importância de jogos matemáticos em sua aprendizagem

Abstract

The present study addresses the theme of financial education in a rural school, covering the use of mathematical games. It aims at general: to analyze the contribution of mathematical games to financial education in a rural school, and as specific objectives, to diagnose the knowledge about financial education in a class of the 4th year of elementary school and to experience a sequence of activities with mathematical games and problem solving involving operations with the monetary system. The research was qualitative and exploratory. The main theoretical sources used in this research were: Caldart (2004), D'Ambrósio (1990), D'Aquino (2008) and Branquinho (2008), Agranionih; Gueros; Zimer (2014), Kishimoto (2007) and Spinillo (2014). Regarding the results, we see the importance of promoting games to explore the monetary system, being allied with problem solving. We found difficulties encountered in solving problems involving money operations, specifically in subtraction. For a meaningful and better quality teaching that motivates and awakens students 'interest, methodologies such as these are necessary in order to promote new pedagogical practices, contributing to students' performance in mathematics classes and in their social environment.