Positive and Negative Impact of School Uniforms

The given assignment revolves around the topic of school uniforms and their impact on students. It explores the benefits of wearing the same attire, such as promoting equality and a sense of community among students. However, it also touches upon the potential drawbacks, including feelings of discomfort and being judged by peers. The study emphasizes the need for comfortable and practical uniform designs that cater to individual needs while maintaining the importance of uniformity in educational settings.

RESEARCHING SOCIAL AND
CULTURAL ISSUES

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART 1............................................................................................................................................1
PART 2............................................................................................................................................2
PART 3............................................................................................................................................3
PART 4............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Present study will discuss key social and cultural issues that are involved in early
childhood. Furthermore, it will explain ethical issues in the research with human participants.
Study will conduct interview and will analysis semi structure interview.
PART 1
Early childhood education plays significant role in the human life. Involvement of
parents, culture, society affect their learning (Kagitcibasi, 2017).. There are various cultural and
social issues that are involved in education and early childhood education that give unique
experience to individuals. Cultural diversity is considered as one of the major factor that impacts
on overall learning and development of individual to great extent. When children study in the
class where other cultural people also get education then sometimes language creates issue for
the kids to communicate with other children (James and Prout, 2015). In such condition they fail
to share their views that decreases their confidence and they fail to develop interpersonal
relationship with others. If believes, values and aspects of one person in different from others
then it gives negative experience to the person because individual fail to share theirs views with
others which decreases their confidence. This is the major cultural issue that is involved in the
early childhood education. Furthermore, values of someone is different from others. If teachers
belong from different culture then some times they fail to understand learning needs, habits of
children significantly. In such condition they fail to create positive environment for the kids
which impacts on their development to great extent (Kagitcibasi, 2017).
There are many Emotional issues hat are involved in education. This is considered as
social issue that impact on overall childhood learning of students. As in the society divorce rate
in increasing with the rapid speed. In such condition it has become difficult for the learners to
pay attention on their core studies. They always remain in tension and face loneliness due to their
family condition. UK is the country where many children having single parents. When child
grow up with the broken family then their emotional state gets' week and in such condition they
do not interact with other children in the schools (James and Prout, 2015). This decreases their
confidence and they become negative towards the society because they do not get right amount
of love from their mother and parents. When I was in pre school at that time my parents are
getting divorced (Kagitcibasi, 2017).. This was shocking news for me and I was unable to adjust
this news. I started feeling lonely and this has affected my communication skills. I did not
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coordinate with my classmates and always kept silent. I never took participation in the games
because I was not having any enthusiasm. When I was in preschool then due to cultural
differences I was unable to speak English properly. This has created communication issue for me
and due to this many of other children were bullying me. This communication problem was
barrier for me because due to which teacher were unable to interact with me and providing me
adequate knowledge. That is why at that time I was unable to get proper education. Both these
cultural and social issues are involved in the education and gives different experiences to the
person. These issues impact on overall learning and growth of children as well.
PART 2
Ethical consideration plays significant role ion the research. Whenever individual
conduct an investigation on any topic then it is very important to follow ethical aspects otherwise
it may create huge difficulty for the researcher (Kagitcibasi, 2017).. Many times in the primary
research scholar has to involve human being in the research in order to get primary information
about the topic. Informed consent is the major ethical issue in the study with human participants.
As per the view of Harriss and Atkinson, (2015) respondents are required to give their consent
for sharing their views in the research. Researcher can not force any human being to give
answers of the questions. Before conducting interview with the participants' scholar has to send
written consent for to all respondents. In this consent form all these details about the study are
involved. By going through this consent form participants get to know objective of the study.
They singe this form and send back to the researcher. This helped in gaining their positive
concern that they are ready to share their views with the researcher. Thomas, Silverman and
Nelson, (2015) argued that beneficence do not get harm is another major ethical concern while
conducting research on any topic. Ethical principle of research states that respondents need to be
benefit and individuals do not get harmed. If researcher fails to follow this principle then it may
create ethical issue for the researcher (Harriss and Atkinson, 2015) . By this way individual may
get failed to get valid results and complete entire study in effective manner. Any kind of
discomfort whether it is physiological or emotional considered as harm to the human participants
which impact negative on the entire research project. Ethical guidelines have been made for the
welfare of the researcher so that individual can identify things that need to be perform and things
that need not to be perform while involving human participants in the study. If individual ignores
any aspect then it may impact on their results and may create issues for the scholar.
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According to Ledford and Gast, (2018) respect for anonymity ad confidentiality are
considered as essential ethical aspects. That help the researcher in completing the entire
investigation in effective manner and getting desired results. It is responsibility of researcher that
to respect human participants those who are involved in the research and maintain confidentiality
in the study. Researcher need not to disclose confidential details regarding the research and data
with any third party (Kagitcibasi, 2017). If this happens then it may impact on entire study and
research may get failed to submit this study properly. Researcher is required to maintained all the
details in password protected computer and this information need not to be shared with others. If
this mistake occurs then it is considered as serious ethical issue for the researcher. Scholar need
to give respect to privacy. Personal information of respondents need to be kept confidential.
Privacy can get affected if researcher circulated these details without informing the human
participants to any other person (Harriss and Atkinson, 2015). Privacy or confidentiality is the
possible ethical issue that may create conflict situation in the investigation. This is professional
code of practice for the researcher that they will not disclose details with any others.
PART 3
In order to identify ethical and cultural issues in educational practices I have conducted
interview with the fellow students. This technique is helpful in gathering first hand information
about the research areas and supports in finding accurate answerers of research questions.
Interview questions are described as below:
 Did you wear uniform in your school?
 Did you like your uniform in the school?
 What is the positive and negative impact of wearing uniform?
 Do you think that uniform makes differences between you and your friends?
 What is the positive and negative impact of wearing uniform on you?
The main reason of asking about uniform in the school so that it can be identified that
how different cultural people think about wearing uniform whether their culture impact on their
dressing and thinking. Second question has been raised in the interview about did you like this
uniform or not. This explains that how cultural issues impact on educational practice sand how
students deal with these issues. Furthermore, scholar has asked about positive and negative
impact of wearing uniform. This question gives in-depth detail about ethical issues related with
early childhood.
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While taking the interview researcher has taken care of ethical aspects. At the initial
phase of interview individual has directed that if the respondent is comfortable with the question
then give answer otherwise person can say stop. This shows that participants has not been forced
to share their views about the subject matter. This is considered as essential ethical guidelines
that makes the research more effective. Ethical guidelines explains that it is very important to
take prior permission from the respondent before taking interview. In the present interview
session individual has taken permission thus, participants was ready for this interview. This has
helped in minimizing complexity in the investigation.
PART 4
Did you wear uniform in your school?
Interpretation: When researcher has asked about wearing uniform in the school then
respondents has replied that yes she has wearer uniform. She used to wear skirt, tie, blezzer in
school time. From the above answer it can be interpreted that children have to wear particular
wear in the school time. It is strict norms that apply in the educational institutes that they have to
wear particular dress. This creates equal environment and cultural issues do not take place in this
respect. Respondent has replied that she was feeling little comfortable with the school skirt. We
can move in this dress easily and that enhances their interest in the classroom activities.
Did you like your uniform in the school
Interpretation: When researcher has asked about liking of uniform in the school time then
participant has replied that yes she likes her uniform pretty much. She feels happy in her school
skirt. She can play games and can run easily. When she wears comfortable dresses then they like
such dress up. But later on when her dressed gets changed and she used to wear pens and other
tight uniforms. Then she was not happy with this look. She was feeling uncomfortable in such
dress up. In the pre school her dress up was very impressive but in the initial classes her uniform
was too uncomfortable. She did not like to wear this dress up. From the above discussion it can
be analysed that if dress up is comfortable then individual like to wear this dress but if it is not
comfortable then it feels irritating wherever such type of uniform wear by the children. T
What is the positive and negative impact of wearing uniform
Interpretation: When researcher has asked about positive and negative impact of wearing
uniform. Then respondent has replied that one of the major negative impact of wearing uniform
is that individual can not express themselves. They have to live under strict environment. They
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always get observed and monitored by their teachers. This sometimes create mental pressure on
them and they fail to freely enjoy school experiences. On other hand wearing uniform also
impact positive because individual get chance to learn more in the school. Each school prefers
that their learners come in the school uniform so that decorum of the place can be maintained. If
they wear proper uniform then they get judge by others which gives them chance to get
developed. If teachers judge them then they will learn more things which will be beneficial for
them to improve their knowledge and understanding. Other positive impact of wearing uniform
is that people get chance to get new dress up. Small kids always like to wear new shoes, uniform
etc. Parents buy new shoes and uniforms for their kids that make them feel happy. These new
things enhance their confidence and they pay more attention on the classroom activities. Wearing
uniform is completely new experience for the children. That depends upon their upbringing and
their family background. If people are wearing uniform in the schools then they look like similar
to other kids. Thus, no one can make difference on the bases of their culture or other things.
Uniform makes differences between you and your friends
Interpretation: When interviewer has asked did uniform makes difference between you and
fellow friends then respondent has replied that yes uniform makes difference between two
people. As due to my uniform my family friends find me different from them. They do not
communicate with them easily. Some of the friends those who read in other school they have to
wear different uniforms thus, this dress up create difference which impact on friendship
sometimes. On other hand uniform develops equality among all people thus, all the fellow
members look like same. There is no difference related to culture, language etc. if all people are
wearing the same dress up then it will create positive environment and people will feel
comfortable to communicate with other people easily.
Positive and negative impact of wearing uniform on you
Interpretation: When researcher has raised question about the positive and negative impact of
wearing uniform on individual then respondent has replied that I feel so comfortable in wearing
skirt, tie and shoes. I get to know importance of uniform in the educational institutes and how
these uniform can abolish inequality on the bases of culture. But negative impact of uniform on
me is that I felt so under confident and can not express myself effectively. Sometimes I felt that
teachers are observing me and monitoring my performance. In uniform all the children look
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same thus, they communicate with each other easily. But this uniform create difference between
me and my fellow friends.
From the above analysis it has been found that experience of children is different from
others. Each student face some ethical and cultural issue s which impacts on their learning
aspects. Some children like to wear uniform because they think that they look same as other
students. Thus, if they belong from lower class family or other culture then no one can judge this
thing and they behave equal with them. This judgement helps them in getting more quality
knowledge and making new friends in n the school. But it is essential to have comfortable school
uniform. Skirt, shoes, tie is the comfortable dress up for the girls but when they move to other
class and their uniform get changed to pent then they feel uncomfortable. If all learners wear
same dress in the school then they can be able to make new friends and will be able to develop
their cognitive skills.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it can be concluded that social and cultural issues are involved in
the education or early childhood. Cultural difference create issue in communication because
language is the main barrier between two people. In order to resolve this issue educational
institute make it compulsory for all the students to wear same uniform so that all people can
coordinate well with each others and no comparison between two people can be held. It is very
important for the researcher that to follow ethical aspects carefully while conducting interview
with the human participants. Individual needs to take prior permission and have to give them
freedom. Individual can not force to the respondents to share their views. This freedom support
the scholar in completing their study in effective manner and getting desired results.
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