'Towards Victoria as a Learning Community': Challenges and dilemmas for Social Education and Civics and Citizenship in new policies for schools.

The author offers an overview of social education and the civics and citizenship education landscape in Victoria in 2012. The Draft Civics and Citizenship Shape paper has been revised by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) writing team and advisory group to an online document titled Shape of the Australian Curriculum: Civics and Citizenship. The author also talks about the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians.