A graduação em Ciências Contábeis na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG: sua evolução através de um resgate histórico
In Brazil, the creation of the course of Accounting and Actuarial Sciences, gave up by Law n. 7.988/1945 and currently there are 1134 undergraduate courses in Accounting in the country. Given the importance of Accounting Science in society, its development since 1945 and the growing number of colleges offering the degree course, came the following question: what features of evolution in Accounting Sciences from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG, since its inception until the present day? In order to meet the objectives of the study, a survey was conducted on the classified nature as applied, as descriptive of the aims, procedures such as historical and documentary, and how to address the problem and qualitative. The course in Accounting FURG was created on August 20, 1974 and analyzing the characteristics of evolution in Accounting Sciences in these 36 years, there is the effort expended by the course of Accounting Sciences, represented mainly by teachers in keep updated its curriculum to meet the needs of both professionals and the market.
Evolução do ensino da contabilidade no Brasil: uma análise histórica
The historical research allows to identify, to rescue and to analyze relevant landmarks of the evolution of the society, in the world and Brazil. An important landmark is the impact of the economic, social and politic occurrences on education, therefore such changes demand most prepared professionals. In function of the displayed one, this work presents the result of research carried through in the areas of Accounting and Economy, on the evolution of the Accounting Education in Brazil, and the impact that some economic, social and politic events had on this evolution. This is a historical, documentary, bibliographical and descriptive research. It was analyzed the nationwide legislation on commercial and Accounting Education in Brazil, from the nineteenth century until the current days. Relevant occurrences in the national scene from the arrival of the Real Family in 1808 had been identified, and the effect that this fact and others that had occurred had on the regulation of the Accounting education in Brazil. The gotten results had allowed to identify as some economic, social and politic occurrences had affected the Accounting education, and the form as the analyzed legislation evolved until the current days.
Science fairs as learning tool for teaching excellence
Science fairs are usually considered to be a pedagogical and cultural activity that involves the students actively. Gifted students need challenges to further develop their skills while maintaining the motivation level. Science fairs may provide the informal environment that will request and allow these students of excellence to challenge themselves by developing a scientific research project. Despite being well known in different countries, in Portugal first steps are being made on the use and implementation of science fairs as effective pedagogical tool. In this work, we will present a 4 years study that was developed on a Portuguese school with the main goal of evaluating the advantages of this informal way of teaching. The study includes an analysis of the evolution of the students’ knowledge that have participated, or visited, the different science fairs. Some advices for the implementation of these projects will be given. The motivation of the students was monitored as well as the knowledge and skills effectively improved by this activity.