As dificuldades na construção do Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso: percepção de estudantes egressos do curso de Ciências Contábeis

Abstract

The Course Completion Work (CCK) has divided opinions between those who envision its elaboration as a way of acquiring skills and abilities that go beyond the academic scope and those who see it only as an obligation to achieve the desired degree. Thus, this research aimed to identify the difficulties faced by students graduating from the Accounting Sciences Course at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB) / Campus I, during the construction process of the TCC / Monograph as a discipline, between the periods of 2015.1 to 2019.1. Descriptive research, with a qualitative approach, was used as methodology, as the procedures are characterized as bibliographic, documentary and survey. The sample consisted of 172 respondents, representing 37% of the investigated population, the answers were obtained through a questionnaire applied by electronic and printed means, the criterion was for accessibility. It was observed as to the profile of the participants that, after graduating, most of them work in different functions of an office and few work in command functions and that during the course 95% of them had to reconcile the study with some paid activity. When raising the experiences of the participants, it was found that there was low adherence on the part of them to scientific events, extension programs, monitoring and training, it was found that formatting the work with ABNT standards, obtaining the research data, writing the work, formatting and analysis of the results were the items in which they had the most difficulties, but they felt easy to understand the orientations proposed by the advisors. It was identified that those who chose their topics in advance, advisors and knew how to reconcile their time, performed better and did not feel as insecure as those who left to make these choices later and that more than a third of the participants did not see the construction of the TCC as a factor that added value to their professional performance, seeing it only as an obligation to complete the course. It is concluded that Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) should prioritize actions with a view to inserting students into research practice in a more everyday way and not just as a requirement for completing the course.