Educação financeira e a educação matemática crítica no plano curricular de ensino fundamental da rede pública municipal de Bagé (RS)

Abstract

Financial Education (FE) has gained prominence in recent years, both on a global scale and within the Brazilian context. Various sectors of society have directed efforts and investments toward this topic; however, little has been discussed about the factors that have driven this growing interest—such as economic challenges, technological advancements, and the need for training in financial decision-making. Social indebtedness stands out as a central issue that raises the relevance of the theme in contemporary research and debates. The context of this investigation, therefore, emerges from the relationship between Financial Education and Critical Mathematics Education (CME), with a focus on federal and state legislation that promotes the inclusion of FE in school curricula. Particular emphasis is given to the Municipal Law of Bagé, which, since 2017, has made the inclusion of Financial Education content and activities mandatory in the curriculum of public elementary schools in the municipality. In this regard, the objective of this research is to investigate, reflect upon, and expand the relationship between Financial Education and Critical Mathematics Education within the Curriculum Plan of Elementary Education in the public school network of Bagé-RS. The theoretical discussions are grounded in the principles of Critical Mathematics Education and reflections on liquid-modern society. The theoretical methodological field adopts a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory approach, developed through a case study involving 38 teachers from the municipal public network. For data analysis, Discursive Textual Analysis (DTA) was chosen. The results highlight the potential of Financial Education to promote conscious decision-making in light of social, cultural, and economic dimensions, as well as to foster reflection within a social context marked by instability, uncertainty, inequality, and continuous transformations.