Effective civic education

“Effective Civic Education” dari Center for Civic Education (1994:9-14) sebagai berikut:

• Civic education should be a central goal of the educational system;
• Civic education should be required at every level of the school curriculum;
• Civic education instruction should be of high quality and sufficient quantity;
• Civic education should be interdisciplinary;
• Civic education methodology should be interactive;
• Emphasis in the civic education curriculum should be on how to think rather than what to think;
• Civic education content should reflect community realities and a balance among conflicting political view points;
• Civic education should include historical as well as contemporary topics;
• The school and the classroom should serve as laboratories in which students can practice democratic participation;
• Community members should be involved in the civic education classroom
• Students should have opportunities to participate in civic experiences in the community.