O ensino de contabilidade pública nas instituições de ensino superior do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

This study aimed to examine whether the knowledge of Public Accounting, constant from the pedagogical projects of undergraduate courses in Accounting from IES of the Rio Grande do Sul, to the public accounting discipline, attend to what is proposed by the regulatory bodies, in addition to accounting standards Specific applied to the Public Sector. The research is classified as descriptive as to the purposes, as to the means as documentary, with characteristics predominantly quantitative and with qualitative aspects in the present analyzes. The sample consists of 28 Higher Education Institutions of Rio Grande do Sul that offer undergraduate courses in Accounting, in the classroom and who provided the programmatic contents and menus of the discipline of Public Accounting in their web pages or from a contact by mail to the coordinators of the courses. Data analyzes were based on charts, tables and graphs, prepared based on descriptive statistical techniques and evaluation of mean differences using analysis of variance, by Anova: Single Factor. The results revealed that institutions meet significantly propositions of the Federal Council of Accounting and items of Brazilian Accounting Standards Applied to the Public Sector in the teaching of public accounting. The average of adherence in the institutions, compared to the proposed curriculum Federal Accounting Council, reached 79.08% while the average compliance was 72.40% in relation to the contents of the Brazilian Accounting Standards Applied to the Public Sector. The comparisons made with respect to workload available for discipline, semester in which it occurs, geographic region and category and academic organization of the institution, revealed no significant differences in grip levels evaluated.