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The Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) values teachers and is committed to working alongside them to improve education.

As an outgrowth of this commitment, CASLS Assistant Director Stephanie Knight was on hand to serve as curriculum specialist at Central America: People and the Environment (https://as.vanderbilt.edu//clas/summerinstitute2019/),  a workshop hosted by the Vanderbilt Center for Latin American Studies (VCLAS) at the end of June. Throughout the four-day workshop, teachers experienced playful learning, explored research related to play and its relationship to meaningful cognitive and social engagement, and built their own prototypes to facilitate the use of play in their classrooms. Colleen McCoy, VCLAS Outreach Coordinator, commented, “[CASLS'] research-based approach to the pedagogy of play provided the group with new classroom ideas across all disciplines. They loved it!”

CASLS would like to extend our thanks to the wonderful participants at the workshop and the team at VCLAS for such meaningful collaboration.