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'The Prison of the Body': School Uniforms between Discipline and Governmentality
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Friedrich, Jasper; Shanks, Rachel – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2023
This article asks what uniform practices in schools can tell us about how power functions through a comprehensive analysis of the uniform policies of all Scottish state secondary schools (n = 357). Against the backdrop of large-scale shifts from disciplinary societies to ones dominated by 'neoliberal governmentality' identified by Foucault and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Uniforms, Secondary Schools, Public Schools
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
Safety and Security in a School Environment: The Role of Dress Code Policies
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Workman, Jane E.; Freeburg, Beth Winfrey – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2006
This study examined high school student handbooks for evidence that school administrators consider dress codes as one strategy to address the physical and psychological security of students. "Physical" security refers to freedom from actual harm to the body. "Psychological security refers to freedom from implied threats to personal well-being.…
Descriptors: School Safety, Psychology, Educational Environment, Freedom