Educação Financeira: um estudo de caso mediante a utilização do jogo Saga Financeira

Abstract

This research aims to obtain information about how the game "the Financial Saga", involving financial education, can assist in the personal and family financial planning of high school students. The research adopted a qualitative-quantitative approach based on the active gamification methodology, which integrates game elements into the educational process. The practice was carried out with a class from the 3rd year of Integrated High School at the Federal Institute of Amapá-Câmpus Macapá. For the investigation to take place, the following objectives were considered: being able to relate financial education with RPG (Role-Playing Game) strategies, making students aware of the importance of good use of money, introducing concepts of financial education and financial mathematics, and propose an approach to teaching financial education in basic education. Thus, the results showed that the game was widely considered efficient for its purposes. It was concluded that the method adopted led to greater engagement among participants, in addition to providing a better understanding of the concepts presented.