GIVING UP OUR HUMANITY FOR WHITENESS: AN EXPLORATION OF K-12 TEACHERS WHITENESS

The overall purpose of this study is to explore teachers' racial ideology and specifically, the ways white teachers with varying teacher ideologies represent whiteness in K-12 education. The study consists of two phases. The purpose of the first phase is to examine all teachers' attitudes towards race, both white and Teachers of Color. The purpose of the second phase is to explore white teachers' racial ideology and the ways they represent whiteness in K-12 education with varying teacher ideologies. The results will inform higher education faculty and programs for the purpose of integrating curriculum that will aid teachers to acknowledge their racial ideology, how it influences teaching practices in the classroom, and develop strategies to interrupt the its impact it has on students. This is necessary to assist will aid teachers to serve students effectively.