Pedagogy and Professionalization in Latin American Studies

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This doctoral-level, discussion-based seminar provides doctoral students with the knowledge to think critically about their teaching practices and to enhance their pedagogical skills. By reading scholarship on teaching and learning, discussing challenges and controversies within the profession and field, creating and presenting a class lecture, and composing a syllabus and preparing a canvas site, students will engage both the theoretical and practical vectors of teaching Latin American Studies, while beginning to build a teaching portfolio and develop expertise to take into the job market. The course will help novice instructors to gain teaching-self-efficacy and utilize pedagogical best practices while providing a supportive environment to develop and discuss diverse instructional approaches and materials.