ED5078: Uniform Policy and Social Justice in Education

This assignment, submitted by a student, critically discusses the impact of uniform policies on children and young people, considering race, gender, class, and disability. The student explores theoretical perspectives like race and disability theory, highlighting how uniform policies can discriminate and marginalize certain groups. The analysis covers the intersectionality of uniform policies, examining gender-based, race-based, class-based, and disability-based disparities. Furthermore, the assignment articulates anti-oppressive practices that educators, organizations, and governments can implement to promote equality and social justice, including uniform policy modifications and the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. The second part of the assignment reflects on how the course's core concepts, such as social justice, diverse perspectives, and professional inquiry skills, will influence the student's future professional practice, particularly in promoting an inclusive and equitable learning environment. The student reflects on how the core concepts of the module will inform future professional practice including the importance of social justice and overcoming unfair policies, while also considering the impact of factors such as illiteracy, nepotism, and class culture, on social injustice.

CW1+CW2 submission
ED5078
Student number:
Programme of Studies: Early Childhood / Ed Studies / Sp. Education

CW1Critically discuss theoretical perspectives and
corresponding anti-oppressive practices regarding a
specific social issue for children and/or young people
taking into account race, gender and class
Title: Uniform Policy

The issue
• The problem or the issue that affects the lives and rights of children and
young people is Uniform policy.
• Uniform is the crucial aspect as children and young people spend most
of their time in school wearing the uniform.
• Sometimes uniform are prepared different for different categories of
people based on their race, gender, class and disability (Hopman, 2020).
• Children and young people of different race, class and with disability
faces a problem of different uniform policy.

Theoretical perspective(s) on the issue
Race theory
• The race theory suggest that races are a part of the system and society.
As per this theory the whit e community draws a margin between
white and black and try to create inequality (Sleeter, 2017). Their aim
is to maintain their elite interest in politics and other areas and creating
poverty in the black community.
Disability theory
• Disability theory based on the assumption that disability is used
as a weapon to oppress children and young people and to infringe their
human rights.

Theoretical perspective(s) on the issue
• Disability is another way which effecting on growth of particular section of
society and policy must be framed in order to overcome from these
challenges.
• Disabled people feel isolated as well as targeted inn every sector, their rights
violated and hence suffer from social oppression which impact on their
growth.
• It can be seen from the history of world people with disability didn't get any
opportunity and hence effected on their personal as well professional growth.
• Uniform policy must be framed so that the children will get equal right in
every sector and can feel part of society.

Intersectionality of Uniform Policy
Uniform policy based on gender
• There are many instances where the uniform policy is different for
different gender. The uniform policies in the school do impact the
children and young people of any gender.
• There are many schools that emphasis on gender based dress codes
and uniforms in schools (Bešić, 2020).
• The most affected gender from these uniform policies are females in
different school follow different uniform for the females.

Cont.
Uniform policy based on race
• The uniform policies are different for different races in some schools
as there are some hairstyles which has to made by specific races if
they have to attend the school.
Uniform policy based on class
• There are uniform policy which are based on class in the sense
that uniform attire and dress code will be different for upper-class or
elite group of children and young people, upper middle class, lower
middle class and poor.

Cont.
Uniform policy based on disability.
• There are certain uniform policies that discriminates children and
young people based on disabilities means that uniform, hairstyles and
their attire will be different from other children and young people who
are not disables (Degener, 2017).
• There are various school that shows that their policies are fair and
promotes equality but is opposite.

Anti-oppressive practices for the issue.
• Anti-oppressive practices are important in the society as to protect the children and
young people based on discrimination done of the basis of their disability by the
people with power. Educators, organizations and government has a very important
role to play to eradicate this inequality.
• Role of Educators and Organization
• They can put a same colour uniform for both girls and boys.
• The educators can also educate the children and young people of different genders,
race, class and disabilities about respecting different cultures and religion.
• The educators can also keep the same hairstyles for all categories of races and class.
• They should not add any additional piece of uniform for specific class or race.

Role of Government.
The government should inculcate certain employment policies for all the
organization such as “ Right to employment of disables”.
The government also imposes various penalties and fines on the school
who discriminates different race, gender, class and people with disabilities
and designs different uniform for them(Teague. and Donaghey, 2018).
The local government should make sure that children and young people
are not discriminated and also they should pay attention to and take
action regarding the complaints filed by parents and other people.

References for CW1
Teague, P. and Donaghey, J., 2018. Brexit: EU social policy and the UK
employment model. Industrial Relations Journal.49.(5-6).pp.512-533.
Hopman, J., 2020. Questioning the school’s uniform policy. In Surviving
Emotional Work for Teachers (pp. 105-121). Routledge.
Sleeter, C.E., 2017. Critical race theory and the whiteness of teacher
education. Urban Education. 52(2). pp.155-169.
Degener, T., 2017. A new human rights model of disability. In The United
Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (pp. 41-59).
Springer, Cham.
Bešić, E., 2020. Intersectionality: A pathway towards inclusive
education?. Prospects. 49(3). pp.111-122.

CW2
Articulate how learning on this course might impact on
future professional practice, in relation to relevant core
concepts of social justice, sustainability, diverse
perspectives, digital literacies, and professional inquiry
skills .

Reflect how core concepts of this module will inform your
future professional practice
•There are number of knowledge I gain during the module such as
importance of social justice and the way in which it impacts on growth
of individual.
•In the starting I find this topic irrelevant and cannot exist suitable to
discuss in present modern world.
•After certain time able to understand issue that arises from injustice
and unfair policy and the way in which it can be overcome.
•However, it takes lot of time in knowing about different types of laws
that are framed by government in order to protect right of people and
the way in which it contributes in growth of individual.

Reflect how core concepts of this module will inform your
future professional practice
•There are number reason which I feel are responsible for social injustice
such as large population of people still illiterate and hence facing number
of challenges.
•Nepotism and class culture are also responsible which effecting growth of
large population of world.
•Business classes created a lobby which do not allow other small sector to
grow and expand and hence they become victim of social injustice
practices.
•Nepotism again play important role in increasing discrimination in society,
and I am able to understand people not get higher position because of it.

CONCLUSION
• It can be analysed from the report that uniform policy contribute in personal
as well as professional growth of everyone and prepare a world that can be
more social, economical for all.
• There are number of challenges people are facing in different part of world
because of unequal distribution of resources as well as fund and hence
increasing discrimination as well as isolation.
• It can be analysed from the report that proper policy and procedure needed for
changing world and it will be framed after analysing different type of people.
• Report all distributed that author's learning during the module and the way in
which it contributes in professional as well as personal growth for example:
social equality understanding help in adjusting in diverse workforce.

References for CW2
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• Ackrill, R., Caven, V. and Alaktif, J., 2017. ‘Black Boxes’ and ‘fracture points’: the regulation of
gender equality in the UK and French construction industries. The International Journal of
Human Resource Management.28.(21).pp.3027-3046.
• Hunter, A.P. and McCallum Guiney, F., 2020. The quest for equal citizenship: Middle Eastern
Christian narratives of migration and inclusion in the United Kingdom. Mashriq and Mahjar.
• Kirton, G. and Greene, A.M., 2017. Understanding Diversity Management in the UK. In
Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity Management (pp. 59-73). Springer, Cham.
• Hantrais, L., 2018. Assessing the past and future development of EU and UK social policy. Social
Policy and Society.17.(2).pp.265-279.
• Tagoe, J.S., 2019. Accounting for gender inequalities in the UK workplace; regulations and
corporate disclosures. Journal: Volume.3.(2).pp.42-52.