People express part of their identity through their style, gestures, speech patterns, and language use. Other people read these displays as presentations of ourself, an insight into who we are. It is important, therefore, for students to recognize their own performance of identity and be able to express that identity in a clear way. By focusing on…

The games described could help provide experiences in self-assertion and leadership in the classroom. (MM)

Describes a videotape exchange between students in a New York City school and a classroom of students in Charleston, South Carolina, explaining what the students learned about themselves and others from the personally-made tapes. (RB)

Describes a successful program of "contemplation writing," in which, through a counting technique and a music technique, children learn how to contemplate their inner experience, write about it, and discuss it. (SR)

Author describes her experience with first graders who had already been labeled as failures in kindergarten, and her employment of the experience approach to learning, which is a good way to build from where each child is and to provide success-oriented activities for everyone. (Author/DR)