Internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education: A case from a Mozambican university
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Date
2023
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Cogent Education
Abstract
Internationalisation of the curriculum has been the subject of various debates in recent years in higher education institutions. In particular, the need to incorporate local knowledge systems when internationalising the curriculum continues to be a major challenge in African universities. This study explores faculty members’ experiences inherent in the internationalisation of the curriculum at one Mozambican university. On the basis of semi-structured interviews with eleven faculty members, two research questions were investigated: (1) How do faculty members understand the internationalisation of the curriculum in their university? (2) How are local knowledge systems embedded in the internationalisation of the university curriculum? The findings revealed that the internationalisation of the curriculum is mainly understood in terms of developing intercultural knowledge, skills and values; mobility of students, teachers and academic programmes; and teaching international students and languages. Some practices suggest opportunities for a more decolonised approach in the internationalisation of the university curriculum, such as the integration of local languages and the practice of ethnoscience, with the main focus on ethnomathematics.
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Faculty members, Internationalisation of the curriculum, Local knowledge, Mozambique, Knowledge Systems
Citation
Ndaipa, C.J., Edström, K., Langa, P. and Geschwind, L., 2023. Internationalisation of the curriculum in higher education: A case from a Mozambican university. Cogent Education, 10(1), p.2188773.