Internationalization Of The Curriculum For Developing Research Competences As A Human Right In The Baltic Region: A Qualitative Analysis

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to describe how through the internationalization of the curriculum strategy, professional can develop research competences, collaborate with others, and research impact can be achieved in the Baltic region. The phenomenon of globalization required countries to interconnect and be open to trade, generating a new economy based on knowledge. Which in turn demanded human capital to develop specific competences for doing research, create and innovate in their corresponding fields of study. Higher education institutions had to embrace the internationalization process and its four strategies: Internationalization by Competencies, Intercultural Competence, Comprehensive Internationalization, and Internationalization of the Curriculum, from which the connectivism approach, and research competences are part of.  These competences demand: 1) statement of a research problem, 2) development of a contextual framework, 3) review of the state of the art, 4) build and validate models, 5) create and validate a data collection instrument, 6) master data analysis techniques, 7) know how to structure a scientific document and master scientific writing, 8) know participate in a scientific activity as a lecturer and, finally, 9) have knowledge of languages and sensitivity towards universal art and culture. This qualitative analysis was carried out with the techniques: documentary review and literature review. It is concluded that in the Baltic region efforts have been made for the development of the competences previously mentioned through the internationalization of the curriculum strategy, but it could also benefit from the connectivism approach based on their economic, geographical, physical or political possibilities.