Download or read book Collaborative Research in Multilingual Classrooms written by Corey Denos and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2009-02-05 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporting on the research collaborations of a group of teachers, graduate students and a university professor, this book weaves together their collective insights about how classrooms might be better for students of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, abilities and socio-economic circumstances, and better for teachers as well. It also shows how research collaborations can result in rich and compelling descriptions of classroom events. Written in a style accessible to teachers and student teachers, it introduces sociocultural perpectives on identity, classroom and community practices, helping and transformative possibilities, using teacher narratives to reflect the complexity of classroom decision-making and reflective action.