Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences (KJSS)

Internationalization in higher education: Practices and processes of change between Ecuador and the Netherlands
Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences -- formerly Kasetsart Journal (Social Sciences), Volume 045, Issue 2, April 2024- June 2024, Pages 671-680
ISSN: 2452-3151(0125-8370)
Jenniffer Sobeida Moreira-Choeza,*, Graciela Josefina Castro-Castillob, Carmen Liliana Mera-Plazac, Mar?a Cristina Arias-Iturralded
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aDepartment of Didactics, Faculty of Philosophy, Literature, and Education Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Technical University of Manab?, Manab? 130101, Ecuador/Graduate School, State University of Milagro, Guayas 091701, Ecuador
bDegree in Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, State University of Milagro, Guayas 091701, Ecuador
cAdvanced Technology Program in Taxation, Paulo Emilio Mac?as Higher Technological Institute, Portoviejo 130101, Ecuador
dProfessionalization program for basic education and bilingual intercultural education teaching careers, National University of Education, Canar 030102, Ecuador
*Corresponding author, e-mail: jenniffer.moreira@utm.edu.ec
Abstract
In a globalized context where internationalization of higher education has become a key strategy for Higher Education Institutions, this article presents a comparative study of the internationalization processes of Ecuador and the Netherlands. Despite the advantages offered by internationalization, there are limitations and challenges related to quality, curriculum, management, culture, language, as well as bureaucratic and administrative processes, especially in countries with different educational and cultural systems. The objective of the study was to identify and compare the internationalization processes of Ecuador and the Netherlands, using a methodology based on bibliographic and documentary techniques, as well as the constant comparative method. The comparative analysis identified several thematic categories, including paradigmatic change, divergence in structural and financial transformation, commitment to the expansion of international educational activities, circumstantial analysis of restrictive aspects, emerging educational project, university autonomy as an element of independence, study opportunities, pursuit of excellence, and ethnological manifestations. Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that both countries have similar educational and cultural systems, although with some differences, which allows for a direct comparison and the identification of shared best practices and challenges in the internationalization processes of higher education.
Keywords
administrative processes, cultural systems, higher education, internationalization, university autonomy
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