Pedagogical aspects and educative significance of uniform for students
The research presented in the paper studies social and educational role of students’ uniform as a part of corporate culture. The research was carried out among the college students of Innovative University of Eurasia. A supposition that teenagers can express their feelings and world view through clothes of different type and colors was used as a hypothesis. The research was aimed at solving the problems of justified choice of assortment (costume set) and color gamut of uniform based on an active experiment. The study of consumer preferences according to artistic and constructive features of costume appearance in target segment was conducted on the basis of the results of statistical processing of personal data. Students were offered to choose costume sets, style decision and silhouette form as well as fullness of constructional and decorative components. A short questionnaire “Three favorite colors” based on intuitive color preferences, elaborated on the basis of the M. Luscher’s Color Test was used to define color palette of corporate clothes. Students took part in choosing working color and color combinations. As a result of the research some recommendations on creating the uniform as a component of educational process having not only utilitarian but also educative function were made.