Globally, student populations in government-run schools are becoming increasingly diverse
(see Gonski, 2011; Rashid & Tikly, 2010; Voltz, Sims & Nelson, 2010). Simultaneously,
students are being excluded from schools, or placed into segregated educational settings in
increasing numbers. Both the social and economic costs of disengagement and exclusion
from, and inequalities within, education systems have been well documented (see OECD,
2010; Snow & Powell, 2012; Wilkinson & Pickett, 2010). The causes of these issues are …

As concerns are raised globally about increasing economic disparity between peoples,
improved access to education for all has been offered as a solution by governments, policy
makers, educationalists and academics alike. Education systems have a responsibility to
promote social justice through the equitable distribution of quality education to all children, a
system that includes all and excludes none-inclusive education (IE). IE is a social construct;
it relies on relationships between people and societal systems to become constructed into …