COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS WITH THE PEDAGOGICAL PROJECTS OF ACCOUNTING COURSES IN THE LIGHT OF INSTITUTIONAL THEORY

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Objective: To Compare the professional profile recommended by IAESB, contained in IES 02 - Technical Competence and IES 03 - Professional Skill, with the profile of the professional from the Federal Institutions of Higher Education in the Southeast Region.

Background: The article uses Institutional Theory as a theoretical basis for the comparative analysis between the competencies and skills recommended in the IESs and those contained in the Pedagogical Course Projects (PPCs).

Method: Using content analysis, 13 PPCs from Federal Higher Education Institutions, in the southeastern region, offering the Accounting Sciences course were analyzed.

Results: The low adherence of PPCs to IES standards reveals that educational institutions are not yet integrated into the globalization process of training accounting professionals. When assessing adherence to the assertions suggested by the norms, one can perceive the strong influence of other institutions, such as the Government and the CFC, in the process of preparing PPCs, demonstrating the existence of coercive isomorphism. The study reveals that very important competencies in the business environment, such as governance and risk management, and, finance and financial management, are not addressed in the current PPCs, which indicates the need to review these projects.

Contributions: The results obtained contribute to discussions on accounting education, including the future discussion on the pertinence or not of the adoption of international educational standards in a country with as many peculiarities as Brazil.

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Author Biographies

Luciana Holtz, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Professora Assistente da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF

Doutoranda em Ciências Contábeis na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

Mestra em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES

Isabel Cabral, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professora Adjunta Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF 

Doutoranda em Ciências Con´tábeis na Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

Mestra em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

Márcia da Silva Carvalho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Con´tábeis da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ

Doutora em Planejamento Energético pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Professora Adjunto da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 

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2021-12-30

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Holtz, L., Isabel Cabral, & Carvalho, M. da S. (2021). COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDS WITH THE PEDAGOGICAL PROJECTS OF ACCOUNTING COURSES IN THE LIGHT OF INSTITUTIONAL THEORY. Revista Evidenciação Contábil & Finanças, 9(3), 103–122. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufpb.br/index.php/recfin/article/view/53725

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