Auditoria contábil: propostas metodológicas e conteúdo programático para o ensino superior de contabilidade

Abstract

The discipline of Auditing is part of the graduation course contents for Accounting and is an activity carried out by an Accounting graduate registered at the Regional Accounting Council. Auditing requires diversified knowledge and continuous professional updating. Completion of Accounting studies and especially the teaching and knowledge covered in the discipline of Auditing should allow those graduated to practice this activity .Therefore, this study proposes to answer the following question: How to promote teaching and learning of Auditing during the undergraduate course so that graduates in Accounting may practice this activity? Considering this setting, the purpose of this study is to contribute to the process of teaching and learning in Accounting to develop strategies facilitating the relationship between theory and practice of Auditing. Data was collected in two stages. In the first, an exploratory study of literature and documents was carried out. Then a field survey was conducted using a questionnaire sent to those teaching the auditing discipline in Accounting courses in the metropolitan region of Santos, Brazil. Participatory, descriptive and qualitative research contributed to the disclosure of the teaching methods and methodologies in Auditing concerning the curricular content preparing for the practice of these activities. Results of the questionnaire reveal that methods appropriate for the teaching and learning of the Auditing discipline are: deductive, logical, systematic semi-rigid, active and globalized. The teaching methods most used for this purpose are lectures, case studies, problem-based instruction and the curricular content in the proposal by the Federal Accounting Council to prepare Accounting graduates and qualifies for auditing activities