O uso da contabilidade na educação financeira : uma ferramenta útil para à gestão financeira pessoal

Abstract

This study aims to consider relevant aspects of everyday financial life. To analyze the use of accounting in Financial Education of students of accounting sciences of the 4th year of the UFMT, comparing the level of awareness regarding the control of the expenses by age group and if there was an increase in the income in the administration of the equity of the interviewees, after learning accounting concepts throughout the course. The approach was carried out through a questionnaire applied to 40 students of different ages of the 4th year of accounting sciences of the Federal University of Mato Grosso, in the city of Cuiabá - MT. The intent is to discover the level of awareness and application in controlling personal financial management by comparing the ages of the undergraduate students. Through the case study of this work, we analyzed a large or small increase in income in the administration of the assets of 85% of the interviewees with the use of basic accounting concepts by the vast majority of undergraduates and a difference in the level of awareness in the application of the Control of expenditures by age group of the questioned students.