Um estudo diagnóstico sobre a percepção da relação entre educação financeira e Matemática Financeira

Abstract

This research aimed to verify the financial literacy of teachers who teach financial math classes in high school. The hypothesis is that financial education can only be taught in schools through a faculty properly literate financially. This implies that the teacher know and master the concepts of financial mathematics, basic subject in the teaching and learning of financial education in accordance with the National Strategy for Financial Education (ENEF), established by the federal government, through Decree 7.397/10. Financial education is essential so that citizens learn the importance of finance in their daily lives and can rationally use their resources to obtain and improve the quality of life. Children, future consumers, need to be prepared early on to cope well with the value of money. In this sense, the family and the school are important allies in the construction of new behavioral patterns in the formation of new generations. Financial education contributes to the formation of citizens aware and better prepared to participate in the economic and social development of the country. A field survey was conducted involving 30 questions applied to a group of 161 teachers who teach mathematics, including financial mathematics, in different cities of the State of São Paulo. The methodology used was the Statistical Implicative Analysis (SIA) that sought to answer the following question: Do the teachers, graduates or graduates in mathematics, who minister to financial mathematics course in high school, is fully financially literate to the level necessary for the purposes the National Strategy for Financial Education? A review of cohesion trees and truly implication graphs, supported by descriptive statistics tools, it was possible to answer our research question