Compreendendo a educação financeira na EPT: uma análise no curso técnico em Administração do Campus avançado Dirceu Arcoverde (IFPI)

Abstract

Considering the Brazilian social and economic context, where there is a growing scenario of indebtedness among the population, the demand to understand how financial education is addressed within the education system emerges. In this sense, the need arises to understand the importance of financial education for the development of critical thinking and the civic formation of students. Thus, the objective of this academic research was to analyze the importance of financial education for the development of critical thinking and the civic formation of students in the Subsequent Technical Course in Administration at the Dirceu Arcoverde Campus of the Federal Institute of Piauí (IFPI). This goal was achieved through the execution of the following specific objectives: to understand the perceptions of students in the Subsequent Technical Course in Administration regarding financial education and its role in professional and civic formation; to identify how financial education can contribute to the civic formation and sense of financial responsibility and autonomy of students in the Subsequent Technical Course in Administration; to analyze the teachers’ conceptions and practices of how financial education content should be approached in a contextualized and interdisciplinary manner in the Subsequent Technical Course in Administration; to develop, as an educational product, an academic-scientific-cultural event, from an interdisciplinary perspective, to promote critical reflection and conscious decision-making about the importance of including financial education in schools. To this end, the methodology used was qualitative research, with the field research method, through the application of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, and the participants were students of the Subsequent Technical Course in Administration at the advanced Dirceu Arcoverde Campus, as well as teachers from the Management and Business technological axis, the Coordinator of the Technical Course in Administration, and the Coordinator of the Technical Course in Logistics at the advanced Dirceu Arcoverde Campus. Finally, this work produced, as an educational product, an academic-scientific-cultural event, from an interdisciplinary perspective, promoting critical reflection among participants, in order to develop skills for conscious decision-making, in addition to raising awareness about the importance of including financial education in schools. Thus, the educational product generated great engagement from the academic community, as, based on the data collected during the research, an action was carried out to meet the demands listed by the participating students and teachers.