Issues and recommendations for teaching an ethnic/culture-based course

In this article, we present potential pedagogical concerns and strategies f or instructors who teach ethnic/culture-based courses. Four specific issues form the basis of this article: (a) student comfort with ambiguous concept s, (b) different levels of student ethnic/cultural identity development, (c ) student fears in examining their biases and assumptions, and (d) student emotions when acquiring new and sometimes value-conflicting information. We provide recommendations to facilitate student learning and an open classro om environment.