EsCo: Establishing a collaborative relationship for research on school mathematics teaching with linguistically disadvantaged learners
Learners of mathematics who are linguistically disadvantaged for a variety of reasons, including impoverished socioeconomic status, continue to be educationally disadvantaged and at considerable risk of school failure and early dropout.
This is the case in many parts of the world, with dramatic implications in broader societal terms too. While much has been researched on linguistically disadvantaged groups of learners in the disciplinary fields of sociology and general pedagogy, little is known about the classroom teaching of subject content in language-responsive ways for all learners in school. In order to address this gap from the perspective of mathematics content teaching in the secondary school and the professional knowledge to be developed with mathematics teachers, the EsCo Project is aimed at designing and creating a strong collaborative research environment.
![EsCo Project collaborative meeting](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EsCo.jpg)
EsCo Project collaborative meeting in Halle, Germany, February 2023
Co-Principal Investigators
![Professor Kristin Erath](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Professor-Kristin-Erath-1.jpg)
Professor Kristin Erath, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
![](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Jenni-Ingram-square.jpg)
Dr Jenni Ingram, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
![Professor Núria Planas](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Nuria_Planas_O-300x276-1.jpg)
Professor Núria Planas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Collaborators
![Dr Sujata Sriram](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Sujata-Sriram-1.jpg)
Dr Sujata Sriram, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
![Dr Doris Wittek](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Doris-Wittek-273x300-1.jpg)
Dr Doris Wittek, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
![Dr Arindam Bose](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Arindam-Bose-1.jpg)
Dr Arindam Bose, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
![Dr Mercy Kazima](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Mercy-Kazima-1.jpg)
Dr Mercy Kazima, University of Malawi, Malawi
![Dr Emilee Sarah Moore De Luca](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Emilee-Sarah-Moore-De-Luca-243x300-1.png)
Dr Emilee Sarah Moore De Luca, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
![Dr Anthony Essien](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Anthony-Essien-1.jpg)
Dr Anthony Essien, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
![Dr Ann Dowker](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ann-Dowker-300x225-1.png)
Dr Ann Dowker, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
![Fraser Gobede](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fraser-Gobede.jpg)
Dr Fraser Gobede, University of Malawi, Malawi
![Professor Frode Rønning](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Frode-Ronning-300x300-1.png)
Professor Frode Rønning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
![Dr Jim McKinley](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dr-Jim-McKinley-1.jpg)
Dr Jim McKinley, University College London, United Kingdom
Research Officers
![Kyla Smith](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kyla-Smith-300x300-1.png)
Kyla Smith, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
![Ashley Abbott](http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Ashley-Abbott-Elkington-2-300x300-1.png)
Ashley Abbott, University of Oxford, United Kingdom