The approach to finance in High School Mathematics textbooks

This study aims to examine the topic of finance in High School Mathematics textbooks, specifically in chapters on Financial Mathematics and/or Financial Education. To this end, chapters dealing with the topic were selected from three collections of textbooks published in 2013, 2016, and 2020. The empirical material was processed based on Foucault's theories on discourse, consisting of three stages of analysis: reading, selection, and grouping of fragments related to the research objective. The analysis of the materials showed that finance in the Mathematics curriculum contributes to the constitution of citizens with rights and to the formation of individuals motivated by their interests. It was concluded that textbooks create and normalize patterns of behavior according to contemporary rationalities.