Effect of School Uniforms

1 - INTRODUCTION ................................... 1

Introductory Statement ......................... 1

Statement of the Problem ....................... 2

Purpose of the Study ........................... 2

Research Questions ............................. 3

Rationale of the Study ......................... 3

Importance of the Study ........................ 5

Background on the Study Problem ................ 9

Definition of Terms ............................ 13

Delimitations of the Study ..................... 14

Overview of the Study .......................... 14

2 - REVIEW OF LITERATURE ........................... 15

Introduction ................................... 15

School Climate ................................. 15

School Climate Defined ......................... 17

Diverse Opinions ............................... 18

Proponent Positions ............................ 18

Literature Related to School Uniforms

and School climate ........... 19

Literature Related to the Perceptions

Pertaining to School Uniforms .......... 21

Literature Related to the Implementation

of a School Uniform Initiative ....... 26

Opponent Positions ............................. 27

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valuated as part of a school climate survey: "I believe requiring students to wear school uniforms will lower the incidence of discipline and violent behaviors in my school." Seventy-percent of the respondents indicated disagreement (either "disagree"ù61 percentùor "strongly disagree"ùnine-percent) with the statement, while the remainder indicated some level of agreementùone-percent "agree" and 29 percent "strongly agree." There were no fence-sitters on the issue at the conference. By contrast, at a conference of elementary and middle school principals in March 1998, from 60-to-77 percent of principals at schools without student uniform requirements and from 76-to-86 percent of principals at schools with student uniform requirements indicated that requiring students to wear uniforms would produce positive effects in relation to student peer pressure, classroom discipline, school spirit, and the image of the school within the community (National Association of Elementary School Principals, 1998). Two factors cause the proposed study to be important. The first factor is the potential of a student uniform policy to have positive impacts on the frequency and severity of school violence and student disruptive behaviors. The secon
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