課程的核心就是學習與實踐，課程計畫要依據民主社會的目的而教學。若參與的、創意的、與多元文化的民主是社會共同選擇的社會目的，那麼，就可以把它們當作學校民主教育的課程目的，作為指引學生們與教師們努力追求的方向。因此，民主課程設計依循的原則有七項：1. 教學民主社會的目的；2. 運用知識；3. 直接面對面討論：4. 反思公民行動；5. 接納不同的觀點；6. 支持民主價值；7. 結合多元。

If participatory, creative, and multicultural democracy is the chosen social aim, then let it serve also as the school curriculum aim, the one to which students and teachers direct their efforts. Following are seven principles that this article would suggest for determining such a curriculum. 1. teach the aim; 2. knowledge in use; 3. face to face discussion; 4. reflective citizen action; 5. diverse perspectives; 6. democratic values; 7. multiple associations. But it is indeed that these principles are interaction. They are an interdependent set. The meaning of any one principle is protean and thoroughly dispersed across the other principles.