Estudio de interculturalidad y bilinguismo en el contexto de la praxis educativa en la comunidad indigena Piaroa: Paria Grande, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela.

by Lamus, Lewis

SUMMARY: "Study of interculturality and bilingualism in the context of educational practice in the Piaroa indigenous community: Paria Grande, State of Amazonas, Venezuela". This thesis is the result of an ethnographic study carried out in the Piaroa community in Paria Grande in the State of Amazonas in Venezuela, which aimed to identify and analyse the process of interculturality present in this multilingual environment. The study takes into account, in general, the role played by formal and informal education in this context and, in particular, the learning and use of Spanish seen from the perspective of the integration of the community and the ethnoeducational paradigm, analysing the native cultural values and promoting educational bilingualism, multiculturalism and co-management. KEY WORDS: Ethnoeducation, education, intercultural, bilingual, multiculturalism, community.