Percepção de estudantes quanto aos conhecimentos e comportamentos relacionados à educação financeira

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the perceptions of young students about knowledge and behavior related to financial education, before and after they have undergone training on the subject. For this, high school and higher education students, participants in a Financial Education project of the PET (Tutorial Education Program) Accounting Sciences of the UFU (Federal University of Uberlândia) were surveyed. Bearing in mind the need to improve financial education for young people, at secondary and higher levels, to ensure that the methods applied in the courses contribute to the development and capacity for the conscious use of money through financial planning. Finally, it was possible to see the improvement in the students' knowledge after the project, with everything we see that having financial education present in the curriculum from the initial teachings, can help people's quality of life.