Resumen

MENDEZ, Nelson. HISTORY OF THE TEACHING OF ENGINEERING IN VENEZUELA: ITINERARY OF DATES, EVENTS, PROCESSES AND PROTAGONISTS. Rev. Fac. Ing. UCV [online]. 2011, vol.26, n.1, pp.29-41. ISSN 0798-4065.

This study attempts to reconstruct the path that the teaching of this professional field in the country has taken. As such, we present both a detailed inventory of the historical events that mark the process of the formation of engineers in Venezuela (something that as far as we understand has not been studied before systematically) as well as putting forward a tentative scheme that divides these events into periods that allow us to understand the process better. This scheme begins in colonial times and ends in 1998 and comprises the following phases: 1) From the Colony to Guzman Blanco (1760-1872);2) From Guzmán Blanco to the beginning of the petroleum era (1873-1922); 3) The beginning of the petroleum era (1923-1957); 4) Modernization and representative democracy (1958-1982); 5) Crisis and the teaching of engineering (1983-1998). We conclude that examining the national historical process of the teaching of engineering as a whole validates the usefulness of the elements of analysis employed and proposed in this study to understand the role of this professional field in the social dynamic of Venezuela

Palabras clave : Venezuela; Engineering; Engineers; Technology; Education; History.