Critical Identity Work in Elementary Classrooms through Powerful Picture Books

Rabia Khokhar

By Rabia Khokhar

Critical Identity Work in Elementary Classrooms through Powerful Picture Books


Abstract

The author is presently working in ESL classrooms in Toronto District S.B. as well as a consultant and popular speaker on equity issues. Her inquiry question frames the research, lived experiences and recommendations in this paper, “How will I, a teacher with positional power, ensure that the ESL program is equitable and inclusive for my Multilingual language learners?” A valuable Picture Books Appendix caps off Rabia’s paper.

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Rabia Khokhar

Rabia Khokhar is a teacher in Toronto and an education and equity consultant at Rabia Teaches. She is also a PhD student at the University of Toronto. Rabia believes that the school library plays a key role in helping all students feel reflected, represented and seen through an asset-based lens. Rabia is the receipt of the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario’s 2021 Anti-Racist and Equity Activism Award, the 2022 Professional Learning and Curriculum Development Award and the 2022 Angela Thacker Memorial Award. She enjoys sharing her teaching and learning @Rabia_Khokhar1 and www.rabiakhokhar.com