CULTURAL DIVERSITY AS A TEACHING TOOL

Abstract

This work brings an excerpt from the Master’s Dissertation that addresses THE TRIPLE BORDER OF BRAZIL, PERU AND COLOMBIA: CULTURAL DIVERSITY AS A TEACHING TOOL IN A 3rd YEAR CLASS OF PIO VEIGA STATE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATALAIA DO NORTE. The cultural diversity existing in the Triple Border, expressed in language, music, cuisine, dances, economic and social relations, promotes a sociocultural richness that makes border schools an ideal space for the development of plural education. The reality of the municipalities of upper Solimões on the triple border between Brazil, Peru and Colombia, presents a large and diverse population with its sociocultural and educational nuances in the most varied aspects of a peculiar dynamic in the Amazon border region: There is a free movement of people, commercial and cultural transactions, goods through rivers, national currencies (real, peso, soles valid in the countries), free trade (of foodstuffs, fabrics, fuel, construction materials, electronics, household appliances, among others), diverse cuisine, language ( portunhol, mixture of Portuguese and Spanish), music, dance, clothing, religiosity, transportation, etc. The work sought to analyze how the cultural diversity of the triple border can contribute to the student training process.