Resumen

TELLERIA, Nelson. Socio-educational characterization of a Warao community: Delta amacuro State. Investigación y Postgrado [online]. 2008, vol.23, n.1, pp.249-264. ISSN 1316-0087.

The main objectives of this descriptive and ethnographic field research are: to describe the present habitat of a Warao community, determine the socio-economic and educational aspects of a sample population and to describe aspects such as: social organization, cosmovision, socio-cultural changes and perspectives for the future, in the framework of the Bilingual Intercultural Education Programme offered to the teachers of this ethnic group by the IPR “El Mácaro”. The Warao’s are an indigenous community that lives in the Orinoco delta. The 73 members of the group of students that are part of this programme were key informants. The data was triangulated by means of participating observation and in-depth interviews.  The instruments used for data gathering were: video and photographic cameras, notebooks, gathering of samples of objects commonly used and self-response questionnaires. This project will contribute to the fulfillment of the mission of the University in this area of research as well as to improve the quality of intercultural education.

Palabras clave : ethnography; study socio-educational; intercultural bilingual education.