A snapshot of SOSE in Victorian schools, 2003

Presents a study on teaching Studies of Society and Environment (SOSE) in secondary schools in Victoria. Socio-demographic characteristics of SOSE teachers; Curriculum analysis; Attitudes of teachers and students toward SOSE; Challenges being faced by SOSE teachers; Implications of SOSE on Victorian education.

Just do it? Branding, fashion and globalisation. A teaching and learning unit in global citizenship for the middle years

Presents to teaching guide on global citizenship for the middle years in Australian schools. Position of young people in consumerism; Impact of advertising on young consumers; Attitudes of students toward global branding.

Global citizenship

Outlines the characteristics of global citizenship. Categories of transnational citizenship; Problems in theory and practice of global citizenship; Importance of global citizenship theories and practices to overcoming problems in religion and culture.

Limitations in the use of the NNS data

Assesses the limitations in the use of the 1995 Australian National Nutrition Survey (NNS). Restriction posed by the decision not to collect repeat dietary data on everyone in the survey; Argument that some of the analytical decisions and subsequent results in the paper by L. Cobiac et al could be debated; Problem in determining the estimated average requirement.