Approaches of the Teaching of Research in Higher Edu- cation and the Contribution of Complexity Sciences as an Innovation Factor

Abstract

In my university teaching practice for over 30 years, I have been able to observe how the teaching of research has led to a series of projects in students that, in most cases, far from becoming a valuable contribution to society, have been carried out merely to fulfill a requirement.
The goal is not to find guilty ones but rather to try to understand this phenomenon from the
perspective of the stakeholders and to seek alternatives to change the landscape, aiming for a
more meaningful, organic, enjoyable, and fruitful research process.
I will analyze some contributions that complexity sciences could offer to transform research and
provide a different perspective that contributes in this sense. It's not about generalizing either, but about providing, and offering an alternate view that helps enhance the research processes carried out by our students in today's universities. The purpose of this essay is to review some inferences made by the author and find support in what other authors have proposed, to gain a
preliminary understanding of the studied phenomenon.