EDUCACI 3N, CULTURA Y DESARROLLO HUMANO EN VENEZUELA

Este art\uedculo defiende la idea de que un mejor desarrollo humano en Venezuela y en Am\ue9rica Latina no puede impulsarse solamente mediante la educaci\uf3n y las inversiones econ\uf3micas o una combinaci\uf3n entre ambas. Las acciones en estas dos l\uedneas apenas han conseguido reducir los \uedndices de pobreza en el continente. Se ha pasado por alto el problema cultural de las mentalidades. Investigaciones recientes muestran que los excluidos son presa de la indefensi\uf3n aprendida, carecen de un horizonte de vida mejor, sus disposiciones y preparaci\uf3n para una actividad productiva son pr\ue1cticamente inexistentes. La motivaci\uf3n por educarse y romper as\ued el c\uedrculo fatal de la pobreza est\ue1 seriamente da\uf1ada. Se analiza la din\ue1mica social que ha engendrado esta situaci\uf3n. Se mencionan algunas iniciativas que han tenido \ue9xito pero se concluye que el problema del desarrollo humano es de \uedndole sist\ue9mica y ha de atacarse mediante una pol\uedtica coordinada en los diversos frentes econ\uf3mico, educativo y cultural a la vez. ABSTRACT EDUCATION, CULTURE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN VENEZUELA This present paper claims that the human development in Latin America is not only promoted by education and economic investments only. Programmes in both domains have hardly succeeded at lessening poverty indices in the continent. There is at ground a cultural problem that undoubtedly deserves more attention. Different investigations' conclusions put forward that among people suffering from exclusion there is a kind of mentality characterized by learned helplessness, lack of any expectation of improving their life and the dearth of dispositions and preparation to any productive activity beyond everyday survival. For all these reasons, their motivation for an educational process that breaks the poverty circle is severely undermined. We analyze the social dynamics that engendered this situation. Some initiatives that have succeeded are mentioned but the conclusion is that the problem of human development in Latin America is by nature systemic and it has to be dealt with through a coordinated socio-political action at the different fronts of economy, education and cultural change