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Happy and healthy families! Financial mathematics and the making of the homus oeconomicus
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Science Education.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5736-7562
2019 (English)In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference / [ed] Jayasree Subramanian, Mathematics Education and Society (MES) , 2019Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Which notions of subject do financial mathematics activities in Brazilian high school textbooks offer to students? Using Foucauldian tools such as discourse analysis and the idea of the constitution of the subject, we have analyzed the textbooks approved by the Brazilian National Textbook Program in 2015. The discourse that connects ideas of “good” economic practices and financial “health” suggests that, if the instructions contained in the activities, a financial healthy life will be achieved. This discourse presents the family as company that produces human capital, constituting each member as a self-entrepreneur, responsible for the success or failure of the company-family. Economic success is also linked to happiness. Financial mathematical activities subjectify students to be inserted in a society governed by neoliberal policies.

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Mathematics Education and Society (MES) , 2019.
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Mathematics Education and Society, ISSN 2077-9933 ; 10
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Educational Sciences
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Mathematics Education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-180956OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-180956DiVA, id: diva2:1425854
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10th International Mathematics Education and Society Conference (MES 10), Hyderabad, India, January 28 - February 2, 2019
Available from: 2020-04-22 Created: 2020-04-22 Last updated: 2022-02-26Bibliographically approved

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