ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a diverse range of aspects of inclusion. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines how children and young people should be enabled to have a voice and to express their views and opinions. This essentially involves ensuring that children and young people are involved actively in the educational organisations in which they find themselves. United Nations (UN) Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. In the context of the United Kingdom, the Crick Report outlined few key concepts relating to having a voice that children should understand by the end of compulsory schooling: democracy and autocracy, co-operation and conflict, and rights and responsibilities. The Crick Report considered how whole-school approaches could contribute to the development of active citizenship and an understanding of democracy. The chapter also provides an outline of this book.
