Does School Uniform Change Does School Uniform Change Different Aged Children’s Different Aged Children’s

Behavior?Behavior?

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SaiSai

Why I did this researchWhy I did this research

I wanted to find out what effects school uniform gives I wanted to find out what effects school uniform gives to different aged children in their daily school life. to different aged children in their daily school life.

Does wearing school uniform change the way a Does wearing school uniform change the way a child’s attitude and behavior currently is? I also child’s attitude and behavior currently is? I also

wanted to find out whether children prefer school wanted to find out whether children prefer school uniform or not. I wondered whether wearing clothing uniform or not. I wondered whether wearing clothing

of their own choice would make any difference to of their own choice would make any difference to children at school.children at school.

How I did my researchHow I did my researchTo find out the answer to my research

question, I sent out a questionnaire. I did this to find out how children of

different ages felt about school uniform, changing the design of it or

even removing it. I sent out my questionnaire to children in Year 4

aged around 9 in Oxley Park Primary School and children in year 8 aged around 13 in Hazely School to get a good comparison between to ages.

What I found out – Question 1What I found out – Question 1

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Number of Children

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

Do I Like Wearing School Uniform?

Y8

Y4

The degree of Agreement is the way the children marked their

answer in my questionnaire. It is scale of 1 to 10. 1 is strongly disagree, 10 means strongly

agree, and 5 means in the middle. The number of children represent the amount of children

who chose the number in the scale. The results to this question show that most year 8 children

don’t like wearing school uniform whereas most year 4

children say they do.

0

5

10

15

20

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Uniform Should be Comfortable

Year 4

Year 8

Question 2

On question 2 most year 4 and year 8 children

agree that school uniform should be comfortable.

Question 3

On this question, most year 4 and year 8 children agree that school uniform

should be designed by children. Quite a few year 4 and year 8 children also

disagree with school uniform being designed

by children.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

Teachers Should Wear School Uniform

Year 4

Year 8

Question 4

On question 4 most year 4 children agree that teachers should

where school uniform but on the other hand most year 8 children

disagree with wearing school uniform.

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Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Uniform Should Be Colourful

Year 4

Year 8

Question 5

On this question most year 4 children

agree that school uniform should be comfortable but

most year 8 children rated number 5 on

the scale of 1 to 10.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Ties Should Be Banned

Year 4

Year 8

Question 6

On question 6 most year 4 children

disagree that school ties should be banned whereas most year 8

children rated 5 on the scale again.

0

2

4

68

10

1214

16

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Blazers Should Be Banned

Year 4

Year 8

Question 7

Most year 4 and year 8 children disagree with school blazers being banned.

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Uniform Should Be Worn Every Day

Year 4

Year 8

Question 8

On this question most year 4 and year 8

children disagree that school uniform should

be worn everyday.

0

5

10

15

20

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

School Uniform Should Be Worn on All School Trips

Year 4

Year 8

Question 9

Most year 4 and 8 children on this question

disagree with school uniform being worn on

all school trips. But quite a few year 4

children also disagreed.

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Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Work Best If I Am Wearing School Uniform

Year 4

Year 8

Question 10

Most year 4 and year 8 disagree that they

work best when wearing school

uniform.

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Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Work More Creatively in My Own Clothes

Year 4

Year 8

Question 11

Most year 4 and year 8 children agree that they

work more creatively in their

own clothes.

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10

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Work Harder in my School Uniform

Year 4

Year 8

Question 12

Most year 4 children disagree that they work harder when wearing

school uniform whereas most year 8 children marked 5 on

the scale.

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Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Can't Wait to Get my School Uniform Off When I Get Home

Year 4

Year 8

Question 13

Most year 4 and year 8 children agree that they can’t wait to get their school uniform

off when they get home.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Love My Uniform So Much I Wear it at the Weekends

Year 4

Year 8

Question 14

Most year 4 and year 8 children disagree that

they love their uniform so much they wear it at

the weekends.

Children Should Not Have to Wear School Uniform Until They Are...

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5

10

15

20

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Year 4

Year 8

Question 15

Most year 8 children think that children

should start wearing school uniform at the age

of 15 and most year 4 children think that

children should start wearing school uniform

at the age of 5.

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2

4

6

8

10

12

Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

Children Should Not Have to Wear School Uniform At All

Year 4

Year 8

Question 16

Most year 4 and year 8 children agree that they should not have

to wear school uniform at all.

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Number of Students

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Degree of Agreement

I Feel More Confident in my Own Clothes

Year 4

Year 8

Question 17

Most year 4 and year 8 children strongly agree

that they feel more confident in their own

clothes.

ConclusionsConclusions

After I received my results from the two year groups, I analyzed the data I received and came to a conclusion. The data that I have, proves that most year 4 children think that

school uniform is not too bad but would like to make a few changes to it but on the other

hand, most year 8 children do not like school uniform much at all.