Educação financeira no ensino fundamental: uma análise das condições existentes para sua implementação

Abstract

This paper presents a study of the conditions to the development of the Financial Education in the Elementary Education. Primordially, it was searched, through historical research, the examination of how this area of knowledge was constructed. In following it was searched the promote to a reflection about how was developed the knowledge relevant to the learning of the principals basics of trade and financial transactions. These principalsare very important concepts to understanding the functioning of trade and financial market. This reflection was developed through of a comparative analysis of a particular book of Financial Mathematics and some textbooks for the 6th grade of elementary school, more specifically, in chapters that deal with knowledge relating to the subject searched. Therefore, with based in this bibliographic and documentary researches and professional activities of a finance favorable insertion on the Financial Education in school curricula, this thesis proposes to answer the following problems of research for example, what are the factors that characterize the lack in the developing the financial capacity of individuals in the school. It was examined also the state of the art under a new view - conceptual – it getting conclusions that they can convince the acts in the education how much is important this knowledge area and alert about the necessary care to not make mistakes that can to hurt the definition involved in the developing activities for students.