Educação financeira em sala de aula: o uso da matemática nas relações de consumo.

Abstract

The aim of this work is to provide participants in the educational system with a reflection on the treatment to be given to the family finances with a view to the great difficulty faced by people to manage their financial lives. The choice of Financial Education theme will meet this problem as a way of helping people to lead their personal and household budget efficiently. From this perspective, we present the development of a supervised internship in a school held in São José de Espinharas-PB and another conducted at Caicó-RN. In both, we work in a contextualized mathematical content with an emphasis on Financial Mathematics and its use in solving everyday problems of the student, so he understands the workings of Home Economics, and thus learn to manage his own his family’s money. Thus, we conclude that the school viewed as an institution that prepares for the exercise of citizenship should develop a financial education from the beginning of student life through an educational approach that shows its practical usefulness and importance to improve the quality of people’s lives.