A importância da aprendizagem de noções de finanças no ensino médio das escolas de Santa Maria - RS

Abstract

The present paper seeks to verify the importance of inserting finance notions in the syllabus of high public and private schools in Santa Maria – RS. In order that, a bibliographic review was made broaching subjects such as: education, learning, high school, economics, accounting and finance, which comprised the conceptual basis for a better comprehension of the research proposed. Seen that, through the same it was possible to notice legal support on the current legislation to the insertion of a subject in the syllabus of high school. The research was divided into two steps: the first of the quantitative type and the second of the qualitative type. In the quantitative part a questionnaire was applied to teachers and students of high school with the purpose of identifying the interest of the same for a finance subject, as the degree of importance attributed to the learning of a series of contents related to finance, shown in the referred questionnaire. In the qualitative part 10 interviews were made with specialists, in the fields of education and finance, with the finality of inquiring their opinion and consideration about the importance of learning finance notions in high school, and the feasibility of inserting a finance subject in the syllabus of high school of Santa Maria. Analyzing the results achieved it was possible to answer to research problem and verify the obtaining of the objectives initially proposed. Then, confirming that the inclusion of finance notions in the syllabus of high public and private schools of Santa Maria is of a great importance.