This collection explores ways in which theories of space and place can be used in understanding processes of exclusion and inclusion in education.

This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Inclusive Education.

Judy Hemingway was a research fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK; leader of the Learning, Space and Place special interest group; and director of the B.Ed.(Hons) programme. Her research interests lie in the fields of geography education and sex and relationship education. Judy worked on the ESRC-funded project No Outsiders: Researching Approaches to Sexualities Equality in Primary Schools (2006-7) and Engaging Places funded by DCMS/DCFS/CABE (2008-9).

Felicity Armstrong is Emeritus Professor of Education at the Institute of Education, UK. She has a wide range of experience of working as a teacher, adviser and researcher across a range of different sectors in Education. Her research and teaching interests focus on geographies of inclusion and exclusion in education; disability studies; inclusive education and the nature and practice of policy making; structures and practices in education; and cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary research. She is a member of the editorial boards of the journals: ALTER; Disability and Society; International Journal of Inclusive Education.

Space, place and inclusive learning Judy Hemingway and Felicity Armstrong 1. Place, race and exclusion: university student voices in post-apartheid South Africa Rob Higham 2. Remote control: a spatial-history of correspondence schooling in New South Wales, Australia Colin Symes 3. Integrazione scolastica and the development of inclusion in Italy: does space matter? Simona D'Alessio 4. 'Fallen Angel': making a space for queer identities in schools Nicholas Addison 5. Spaces and places for disrupting thinking about inclusive education in Hard Times Christine Winter 6. The production of urban educational space John Morgan 7. Reconceptualising gardening to promote inclusive education for sustainable development Susan Johnson 8. Borderline space for voice Denise Batchelor 9. Landscapes, spatial justice and learning communities Felicity Armstrong 10. Inclusive place-based education for 'Just Sustainability' Alun Morgan