Educação financeira: uma sequência de ensino pautada em conceitos estatísticos

Abstract

With the current economic crises, information being disseminated all the time through social media, the importance of developing critical, statistical and mathematical thinking becomes ever greater. The correct interpretation of statistical data enables better decision-making in the financial area, thus, the development of mathematical skills and abilities described by the BNCC are capable of improving the social reality in which we live. The teacher as a mediator of knowledge by providing means for this development in the school environment allows students to acquire a statistical view, making them capable of planning, calculating and projecting their financial life, guiding people in their community and acting actively in society. Based on the concept that to provide effective and meaningful learning, make a connection between the knowledge that the student already brings with him, the content (new knowledge) and the reality in which the student is inserted, this research sought to analyze data and attitudes related to the socioeconomic and financial area of the students of the Ninth Year of Elementary School of the Public State College of the Municipality of Quatiguá-PR and their relatives through a questionnaire. Through the data collected, analyzed and tabulated, a proposal for a teaching sequence was prepared with activities around the theme Financial Education using statistical concepts, aiming at raising students' awareness of financial planning and showing ways to optimize available resources., resulting in an e-book with strategies and activities that will be the educational product, serving as support material for Basic Education teachers. With the development of this research, it was expected that students would be aware of Financial Education and the contextualization of Statistics within the student's reality, allowing them to interpret statistical data and position themselves in an organized and healthy way in relation to the financial area.