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ONLY 2% of the Teaching Field is made up of Black Male Teachers

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Lincoln and Guba (1985) noted that credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability are essential in establishing trustworthiness. A reliable study will be achieved through thorough documentation. Specific to internal validity, the researcher will document perceptions regularly. In addition, the researcher will also invite peer examination of the research design, data set, and findings. The teachers will be informed, both verbally and in writing, of their right to offer feedback on the materials provided.

Ethical Concerns

The researcher will ensure that ethics remained a top priority throughout the study. The methods outlined in this chapter will be paramount in ensuring the validity and reliability of the study. All participants will have an opportunity to review and sign informed consent forms. The informed consent form will be read to each participant prior to the interview. The primary threat to valid interpretation is imposing one’s own meaning, instead of understanding the viewpoint of the individuals studied and the meanings they attach to their words, phrases, and/or actions. For this reason, consistent peer review of the study’s framework and results will consistently occur. Another threat to this study is research bias. Each and every researcher has a bias. This bias will be address through the phenomenological bracketing process. The third threat to this phenomenological study is a term called theory validity. This must be addressed with bracketing.

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* Interviews (8 total)
*Surveys
* Observation
*Coding of transcripts (themes)

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Observe, interview, and survey 5 black male teachers and 5 black male students regarding their relationship and how it effects student performance and self image. (absence of stereotype threat)
8 interviews
3 surveys
Observation

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* Milner, 2016:
* Burris, 2006
*Steele, 1995

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Phenomenological research enables you to explore experiences and sensory perception (different to abstract perceptions) of researched phenomenon, and the formation of understanding based on these experiences and perceptions.