Entrepreneurial Education in Accounting: From Theory to Experiential Learning

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of using interventionist practices to increase student’s awareness during undergraduate Accounting Sciences classes with regard to the use of accounting tools associated with business counseling. The methodology used is qualitative, exploratory research on experiential learning, with accounting students from a public HEI for a three-months period. The results were adequate, the awareness process was complete since the students managed to experience the challenges of small business owners, emphasizing the aid that accounting sciences could offer. This study concludes that: entrepreneurial education is effective and can develop desirable skills in young minds; experiential learning can be used successfully in entrepreneurial education; the debate about entrepreneurial education and the development of small business must involve accounting; and the interdisciplinarity between entrepreneurial education and experiential practice can restructure the teaching practice with active teaching-learning methodologies.

Keywords

• educação empreendedora
• contabilidade empreendedora
• práticas intervencionistas
• aprendizagem experiencial
• ciências contábeis.