Instrumentos para ensino de educação financeira: o caso do Projeto Sumo Educacional

Abstract

Educating the population financially is a need that is becoming increasingly urgent, especially in view of the changes brought about by the use of technologies that modify financial processes, requiring citizens to be more aware of financial and economic concepts. It is therefore essential that Financial Education is taught from an early age, in the classroom and in conjunction with the content of regular subjects. With this in mind, the Sumo Educacional Project, an extension project of the Federal University of Santa Maria, seeks to bring financial knowledge to public schools through active methodologies, mainly games, which can teach students in a light and playful way, bringing learning closer to their reality. However, with the application of the methodology, we noticed the need for an auxiliary method capable of providing the necessary theoretical bases for teachers and students. Therefore, the general objective of this research is to evaluate the methodologies applied in the Sumo Educacional Project and the specific objectives are to map the didactic materials that already exist for teaching financial education and to understand, from the point of view of public school teachers, the benefits and difficulties of applying the methodology provided in the classroom. The methodology used was bibliographical exploration and semi-structured interviews with teachers from public schools and trainers from the Sumo Educacional project. Through the methods used, it was possible to see the need for a method that can be adapted to the demands of each class and each school, giving educators greater freedom. It is also important to have a dialog with the schools and teachers in order to understand the teaching methodologies already used and seek to add to what the teachers are already doing.