The reason for undertaking this project is to bring curriculum reform for promoting active Civic Education (CE) in academic teacher training (TT) programs in IL and in GEO a quantum leap forward through:1. Developing and implementing a comprehensive program of courses and student activities that promotes civic education and behavior within our TT program.2. Integrating these courses into the curriculum in partner HEI.3. Faculty and in-service Teacher Workshops4. Courses and activities will integrate innovative pedagogy that will strengthen the aims and objectives of the courses (e.g. PBL, Service-Based Learning, VaKE; experiential and peer learning and teaching; integrating new technology in teaching and learning, etc.).5. Create course readers or kits that will enable other professionals and teachers to benefit from the CURE’s innovative courses.6. Establish an international network of professionals who collaborate together, share knowledge and good practices.7. Establish centers for promoting CE on HEI campuses.8. Create a website to disseminate program. 9. Publish results and strategies (online and hard copy): articles and handbooks. CURE’s curriculum reform will enhance the quality of CE in CURE's teacher-training programs both for our faculty as well as for our students, who are future educators of our societies. The faculty, teachers and students who benefit from CURE’s program will be able to effectively present, discuss and challenge the rudimentary notions of civic involvement in our society. Moreover as educators, they will help shape knowledge, perceptions and attitudes towards responsible citizenship within a democratic setting, encourage critical thought and enactment of civil rights, actions and duties within their own classrooms thus sustaining and multiplying the program aims.