A Forthcoming Education Policy Task Force Position Paper from the Communitarian Network
Margaret Stimmann Branson,
Associate Director Center for Civic Education --September 1998
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- What is civic education?
- What are the essential components of a good civic education?
- Civic knowledge
- Civic skills: intellectual and participatory
- Civic dispositions: essential traits
- Where and how does civic education take place?
- Formal instruction
- The informal curriculum
- What evidence is there of the need to improve civic education?
- What is the relationship between civic education and character education?
- Policy Recommendations
- Conclusion
- References
- About the Author
- The Task Force on Civic Education
- Appendix (Available through the Center for Civic Education)
This paper is a forthcoming Education Policy Task Force position paper from:
The Communitarian Network
2130 H Street, N.W., Suite 714J
Washington, DC 20052
(202)994-8167/fax (202)994-1606
