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Teacher Dress Codes in Employee Handbooks: An Analysis
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Workman, Jane E.; Freeburg, Beth Winfrey – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010
This study used role theory to analyze dress codes for teachers to discern what dress items expressed role embracement and role distance. Inductive content analysis of teacher dress codes in 103 U.S. K-12 school handbooks revealed three categories of dress: (a) conventional dress (mentioned in 97.1% of the dress codes); (b) casual dress (mentioned…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Dress Codes, Content Analysis, Role Theory
Media Frames regarding Teacher Dress: Implications for Career and Technical Education Teacher Preparation
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Freeburg, Beth Winfrey; Workman, Jane E. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore teacher dress in United States schools as presented in the newspaper. Twenty-nine articles were examined to answer three questions. Results revealed: (a) the newspaper provided four contexts for processing information about teacher dress--roles, control, impression management, and educational learning…
Descriptors: Dress Codes, Teacher Education Programs, Work Environment, Educational Environment
Ethnicity and Conflict in Physical Education.
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Carroll, Bob; Hollinshead, Graeme – British Educational Research Journal, 1993
Reports on a study of Muslim children in physical education classes in a British secondary school. Finds areas of cultural conflict, such as physical education uniforms and regulations about showering after class. Calls for better preservice and inservice teacher education in a wider educational and societal context. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Culture Conflict, Dress Codes