Matemática financeira e ensino médio: uma importante temática para o cotidiano dos estudantes

Abstract

The study of financial mathematics in high school encompasses knowledge that is present in people's lives involving work, finance, expenses and income. For this reason, knowledge of this subject is of fundamental importance for students' lives. Noting this need, this article aims to analyze whether the contents of Financial Mathematics are applied in the classroom and the reception of students regarding the topic under discussion. With regard to the specific objectives, it is intended to ask students if they make any kind of relationship between Financial Mathematics and daily life; address the importance of contextualization and relevance to the financial life of these students and identify the difficulties faced by students in relation to the content under analysis. To perform analysis on the object under study, a field research was used, with qualitative and quantitative approach, using for data collection two questionnaires one applied to 75 students and another to the 04 teachers of the third year of high school of three public schools in the city of Angical-PI and Regeneration-PI. Considering Financial Mathematics a trivial subject for daily life, it is concluded that most students know the subject and some said they did not have access to all contents, other students stated that they had difficulties with calculations. Some teachers have stated that contextualization is fundamental in the teaching process. And that teachers should be in continuous training in the area of performance to obtain an even better result during teaching