Abstract
Internationalization in higher education seems to be an unavoidable process, albeit temporarily limited by the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease of 2019) pandemic. Specifically, internationalization of the curriculum in the context of higher education is a dimension of this internationalization that is less valued in published studies. This paper, through critical reflection, sought to contribute to a deeper understanding of internationalization of the curriculum in higher education. The methodology used consisted of a bibliographic search in international databases, and the selected documents were analyzed using the content analysis technique. This analysis allowed concluding that internationalization of the curriculum in higher education is a complex process and involves several actors, with various challenges to be considered. For this process to be successful, it involves the ability to be attentive to the cultural multiplicity that will be experienced in classes where this internationalization of the curriculum exists.
Highlights
IntroductionThe internationalization of higher education is currently considered as one of its aims at a global level, shaping the very transformation of these institutions [2] at the macro (policy design and decision-making), meso (curricular structures and policies), and micro (teaching–learning process) levels [3]
The global higher education system may be described as an “open social system with non-rigid interelement links, consistency of the elements themselves and flexibility of normative control” [1] (p. 251).The internationalization of higher education is currently considered as one of its aims at a global level, shaping the very transformation of these institutions [2] at the macro, meso, and micro levels [3]
“internationalization” plus “higher education” plus “curriculum” in all main fields and obtained 312 results. These documents were read and selected according to their heuristic capacity for the purposes of this paper, and the final number of documents that resulted from this selection and the basis of the analysis offered in this article was 46
Summary
The internationalization of higher education is currently considered as one of its aims at a global level, shaping the very transformation of these institutions [2] at the macro (policy design and decision-making), meso (curricular structures and policies), and micro (teaching–learning process) levels [3]. This process of internationalization has a profound influence on the global ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs), as well as on increasing funding possibilities [4,5].
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