Banca de DEFESA: JOSIAS JOSÉ DA SILVA

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STUDENT : JOSIAS JOSÉ DA SILVA
DATE: 29/08/2025
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Departamento de Educação
TITLE:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING: A study on production costs, pricing, and profit with 3rd-year high school students

KEY WORDS:

Mathematical Modeling. Entrepreneurship. Profit Maximization. High School. Financial Education.

PAGES: 160
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUBÁREA: Ensino-Aprendizagem
SPECIALTY: Métodos e Técnicas de Ensino
SUMMARY:

This dissertation investigates how Mathematical Modeling (MM) can be used as a pedagogical strategy for teaching entrepreneurship and financial education to third-year high school students at a public school in Pernambuco, Brazil. The research is set within the context of implementing the formative itineraries proposed by the BNCC (National Common Curricular Base) and the High School Curriculum of Pernambuco, particularly in the “Optimal Solutions” track of the Mathematics and Its Technologies area. The central research question is: what knowledge can be mobilized and/or constructed by high school students through the resolution of problem situations involving cost, pricing, and profit in the context of mathematical modeling? To address this, the main objective of the study was to understand how MM can contribute to the development of students’ ability to make informed decisions related to product pricing and profit maximization. The specific objectives included identifying students’ sales practices, developing problem situations focused on cost, price, and profit, and assessing the application of mathematical models to solve these situations. The adopted methodology was qualitative in nature, applied, and inspired by action research, carried out within an elective curricular unit on Entrepreneurship. The theoretical framework connects the concepts of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education, and financial education with the MM model proposed by Dionísio Burak. The results show that mathematical modeling encouraged student engagement, connected mathematical content to everyday life, and contributed to the development of skills such as critical thinking, commercial/financial mathematics, and an entrepreneurial mindset. It is concluded that MM can be an effective tool capable of promoting interdisciplinary teaching and helping to form students who are capable of acting critically and autonomously in diverse social and economic contexts.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - ELISANGELA BASTOS DE MELO ESPINDOLA
Interno - VLADIMIR LIRA VERAS XAVIER DE ANDRADE
Externa à Instituição - LUCIANA SILVA DOS SANTOS SOUZA - UPE