Ensuring all students have opportunities to engage in scientific argumentation is a key goal for K-12 students. While research has shown that teachers' beliefs about argumentation can impact their classroom instruction and that students in low socioeconomic status (SES) schools are less likely to experience challenging science learning, there is…

In the light of an apparent paradox that has resulted from the integration of 'world music' into the school curriculum in many countries, the present paper proposes a tri-partite approach to music education. Such an approach would clearly distinguish between the teaching and learning of: 'inherent meaning', or the study of music for music's sake;…