A graduação em Ciências Contábeis para quem tem mais de 50 anos: um estudo sobre as experiências das gerações Baby Boomers e X

Abstract

This exploratory study with a qualitative approach aimed to investigate the experiences of graduates and students with a link to the Accounting course, aged fifty years or more. The collection of information carried out through a semi-structured interview was applied to graduates and bonded students, included in the Baby Boomers and X generational ranges, and sought to identify the motivations for joining the course; understand the difficulties of interaction, socialization and learning; and identify prejudices due to more mature age. The results confirmed that the demands of the labor market or profession predominate, as well as the need to occupy free time as reasons for entering the course, and the decision to resume studies was encouraged by the family, whose children, in some cases, enrolled their own fathers and mothers in the selection processes. With regard to interaction, socialization and learning, age is not a hindering element. Predominant among the difficulties reported are cognitive issues such as slower reasoning, memory, and difficulty using digital technologies, which is a characteristic of those born in the Baby Boomer and X in relation to technology. None of the graduates and students aged fifty years or older narrated or described situations related to discrimination [ageism], reflected in prejudices and conceptions based on age.