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Brunsma, David L. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2004
This book represents the most thorough exposition on the present understanding of the impetuses, debates, legalities, and effectiveness of school uniform policies that have rapidly entered the discourse of school reform in the United States. In it, David Brunsma provides an antidote to the ungrounded, anecdotal components that define the…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Dress Codes, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History
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Dussel, Ines – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2005
Appearances are deceptive, the saying goes. However, we devote much time to the presentation of ourselves, and ties and necklaces can take up more energy than other "substantial" matters. This article analyzes the history of the presentation of selves in schools through the study of school uniforms. It will be claimed that modernity…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Dress Codes, Foreign Countries, Urban Schools