Factors Influencing the Low Participation in International Students Exchange

Maria Isabel Reyes Pérez, Alma Adriana León Romero, Mario García Salazar 
(Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Innovation, Autonomous University of Baja California, México)

Abstract: The Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico’s public school, has a priority program aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, the Student Exchange Program, whose basic objective is to promote the internationalization of learning experiences through different options: (1) take learning units, (2) participate in research projects, and (3) academic internships. All this with economic support.
  However options exist, we see the low participation of students in the Bachelor of Teaching of Mathematics (particular case) of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Educational Innovation, this fact justified the conduct of an investigation that identified the various factors that stand for the low participation in the internationalization of higher education.
As a consequence, research results favor the proposal of innovative actions that would increase student participation in international academic cooperation.

Key words: internationalization of education, student mobility, student teaching of mathematics