Ensino de matemática financeira: um diagnóstico em escolas públicas do Núcleo Regional de Educação de Guarapuava – PR

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate how is the financial mathematics approach in textbooks and the opinions of Teachers of the Regional Education Center (NRE) about Financial Mathematics Teaching and how it is being carried out the approach in public schools in the region. As an indirect aim of this study searched to provide a moment of reflection at the NRE’s Teachers of how it has been worked with Financial Mathematics in the classroom. In this research it was did an introductory study about the beginning of commercial and financial relations in our humanity. It was analyzed the way the textbooks available through the National Book Program for Secondary Education (PNLEM) 2015 bring the Financial Mathematics content in the context of school mathematics, as well as the teachers’ opinion about this content. For this, they were analyzed six textbooks available through the PNLEM 2015 and conducted a quantitative survey with Mathematics Teachers who work in the coverage area of this Regional Center. The search results showed that the textbooks have some failings regarding the Financial Mathematics content, but that have evolved over time and the teachers consider important the Teaching of Mathematics Financial, but few classes are also designed to work with the theme.