Programa de Educação Tutorial (PET) e o desenvolvimento de competências técnicas e comportamentais no curso de ciências contábeis

Abstract

Established in 1979, the Tutorial Education Program seeks to develop in its members hard and soft skills aligned with the axes of Teaching, Research, Extension and Collective and Integrating Character. The Tutorial Education Program in Accounting Sciences at the Federal University of Uberlândia was created in 2011, accumulating 799 activities carried out and 70 members throughout its trajectory. Given the years of development of the program and its scope, the objective of the present study is to assess which hard skills and soft skills are developed in the activities promoted by The Tutorial Education Program in Accounting Sciences from the perspective of the members. The research is classified as descriptive, presenting a quantitative approach and data collection through a questionnaire. Such collection obtained a sample of 52 respondents, corresponding to 75.4% of the population. The characterization of the respondents shows a greater presence of female members, aged between 20 and 25 years and who remained in the group from 13 to 24 months. The results point to the development of different competences, according to the type of activity developed and, also, according to the form of performance of the member in the activity. In other words, there is a plurality of competences developed in the program, with “Communication”, “Knowledge/ Technical Skill” and “Responsibility” being the most outstanding among the 24 competences presented. Finally, the participants point out the diversity and breadth of the program in the personal and professional development perceived by them, in relation to the undergraduate course and other programs offered at the University.