The pattern in the association between civic education and
the knowledge-based 21st
Century competencies suggests
that interactive experiences involving discussion in the civic
education classroom are important. The expression of views
about political or social issues and exposure to the ideas of
others appear to help students be more analytic about the
information they possess and reinforce their understanding
as they prepare to express their own opinions. Another
consistent fnding is that students who receive neither a
lecture- or interactive-based civic education are the least
prepared with the knowledge base required for productive
work and informed citizenship in the 21st
Century