EDUCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE COURSE OF ACCOUTING OF STATES UNIVERSITIES OF PARANÁ

Abstract

Many are the concerns by the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in preparing their students for the needs and changes of society. Therefore, they seek to educate professionals who know how to plan and manage risks, able to perform changes and innovations, in other words, professional with entrepreneurial features. This research proposed making a survey of accounting curriculums of state universities of Paraná participants of ENADE 2012. The goal was to identify key features of entrepreneurial education in accounting courses. This is a study of descriptive and qualitative nature and the data collect was performed through document analysis and interviewers. The results of documental study show that HEIs are offering accounting students subjects of Entrepreneurship or related. However, the presence is greater in private HEIs. Through interviews, the results indicate that HEIs consider the subject of entrepreneurship important, but, in some cases, it was substituted for another technical subject, because the length of course. The results also highlight the importance of students seek lessons outside the classroom as a complementary education.