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Report Uniforms
Original Post
Uniforms - 17-06-09 17:07
by: Chey
Dear all, I am very interested to research and discover why many Early Years Settings have a uniform.
New training is trying to bring closer together the relationship between 'education and care' in the form of educare. Why then do we have uniforms?
Personally I dislike them intensely. I have worked mostly for LEA in settings attached to schools. Teachers and other professionals who visit the 'school community' do not wear uniforms or even name badges.
I am a trained N.N.E.B who has worked professionally in Early Years since 1984. I have lived and worked abroad 7.5 years in Switzerland where uniforms are not seen in schools. The only people wearing uniforms in Switzerland are those playing football, the military, police, Mcdonalds and whilst performing surgery.
I have been told that Uniforms are 'more professional'? by several different sources.
I feel a professional is a professional by the way they think and act around others and has little to do with me looking identical to another human being.
I am currently studying my FdA in Early Years (Child Development) and would really welcome all responses to this posting. I am thinking about researching this area for my dissertation.
Many thanks to you all.