Teaching & Learning Workshops

NCCLA offers annual post-secondary educator workshops at colleges and universities throughout the upper Midwest, designed for participants to explore a topic and share teaching ideas and resources with peers.

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2024 NCCLA Teaching and Learning Workshop

Engaging with topics that matter – no matter the discipline:

The environment, climate change and Latin America

Saturday, April 6, 2024

9am-3pm

Beloit College (Beloit, WI)

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 Archive

  • Isn’t Brazil a City in Mexico? The Challenges of Leading Class Discussions on Latin America

    (spring 2023, UW-Milwaukee, WI)

  • ¿Qué Pasa: Engaging Students with Current Events in Latin America

    (fall 2021, Simpson College, IA)

  • Teaching about Latin American Culture while Avoiding Stereotypes
    (spring 2019, University of Minnesota, Morris)

  • Developing and Sustaining Latin American Studies Programs
    (spring 2018, Alverno College, WI)

  • Confronting Poverty in Latin America
    (spring 2017, Viterbo University, WI)

  • Developing Study Abroad Courses in Latin America
    (spring 2016, Luther College, IA)

  • Using Films and Documentaries to Teach Latin America
    (spring 2015, Augustana College, IL)

  • Role Playing Games and Activities in Teaching about Latin America
    (spring 2014, Simpson College, IA)

  • Latin America and the United States
    (spring 2013, Valparaiso University, IN)

  • Confronting Violence in Latin America
    (spring 2012, UW-Milwaukee, WI)