Teaching Latin American Politics to Undergraduates in American Colleges and Universities
In: Politics & policy, Band 32, Heft 1, S. 176-195
ISSN: 1747-1346
This essay examines how scholars teach Latin American Politics to undergraduate students in American colleges and universities. Based on an analysis of syllabi from Latin American politics survey courses, this article studies the themes, case studies, books, student participation techniques, multimedia, and online services used by teachers of Latin American Politics in the United States. The study shows some areas of consensus and disagreement among scholars. Scholars concur on what are the most frequently discussed themes and countries. Scholars tend to disagree on the required books and types of required student participation. Those who employ audiovisual materials tend to disagree less on their choice of videos. Last, an important number of scholars use online services in their Latin American Politics classes, although there are still others who do not.