A importância da matemática financeira nas escolas: desafios avanços para o cidadão

Abstract

Financial education is an aspect of the educational process aimed at teaching and raising awareness of individuals and society about financial concepts, thus making them aware citizens capable of developing the necessary skills and criticism so as not to fall into the risks inherent in finance. The main objective of this work is to analyze, from the literature review, the application of financial mathematics in the behavior of students in the school environment, and how this discipline can help in the citizenship formation of these students in their daily lives, to describe the importance of mathematics in everyday training, especially in the early years of school education. This is an integrative review of the literature that has been used as a methodological resource. The integrative review is a method that allows the exploration, critical evaluation and synthesis of available evidence on the investigated topic. The school today is an environment for exchanging ideas and producing knowledge, where there is a symbiosis between students and teachers, this must observe the student in all perspectives, from the cognitive, social, financial, psychic and emotional side, working in order to integrate all these and produce a being able to form an opinion and responsibility for their attitudes. The importance of financial mathematics in society transcends the simple act of not spending money to have, it is more than that, it transforms people into conscious citizens regarding exaggerated consumerism, regarding the environment and among other issues.