Financial Education in Youth and Adult Education - meaning the teaching of mathematics Rosa Cristina Vieira Dias, Daniela Costa Parada Sampaio, Thiago Simão Gomes, Elisete Gomes Natário

Abstract

Youth and Adult Education (EJA) focuses on meaningful learning. From this perspective, financial education can be considered a significant learning experience for teaching mathematics. The objective of this study was to verify how EJA students from a teaching unit in Santos, SP, deal with financial situations. Fourteen EJA students over the age of 18 participated in a structured interview conducted at the school itself. It was found that 50% have their monthly income committed to payments, 21.5% reported having resorted to a loan, and those who buy in cash do so to avoid debt without making reference to financial calculations; 71.5% stated that the mathematics taught at school is applied in daily life. It is expected that the results will help teachers in teaching mathematics for meaningful learning among students. It was concluded that there is little application of financial mathematics knowledge in the daily lives of these EJA students.