Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
McCoy, S., Lyons, S., Coyne, B. and Darmody, M., Teaching and Learning in Second-Level Schools at the Advent of High-Speed Broadband, ESRI Research Series, 51, Dublin, May, 2016
Andrew Loxley, Aidan Seery and John Walsh (eds), Higher education in Ireland: practices, policies and possibilities, eds A. Loxley, A. Seery and J. Walsh, 1st, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 1 - 256pp
McGuinness, Seamus, Bergin, Adele, Kelly, Elish, McCoy, Selina, Smyth, Emer, Whelan, Adele and Banks, Joanne, Further Education and Training in Ireland: Past, Present and Future, ESRI Research Series, 35, Dublin, ESRI, May, 2014
McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer; Watson, Dorothy; Darmody, Merike, Leaving School in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study of Post School Transitions, ESRI Research Series, 36, Dublin, ESRI, August, 2014
Cullinan, John; Flannery, Darragh; Walsh, Sharon; McCoy, Selina, Distance Effects, Social Class and the Decision to Participate in Higher Education in Ireland, Economic and Social Review, 44, (1), 2013, p19 - 51
Thornton, M., Darmody, M. and McCoy, S., Persistent Absenteeism Among Irish Primary School Pupils, Educational Review, 65, (4), 2013, p488 - 501
Identifying and Explaining Hidden Disadvantage within the Non-Manual Group in Higher Education Access in, editor(s)Birkelund, G. E. , Class and Stratification Analysis (Comparative Social Research, Volume 30), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013, pp293 - 315, [Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina]
Improving Second Level Education in, editor(s)O'Toole,Fintan , Why Education Matters: The Importance of Education to Ireland's Economy and Society, Dublin, ASTI, 2013, pp34 - 37, [McCoy,Selina; Smyth,Emer]
Banks, Joanne, Shevlin, Michael and McCoy, Selina, Disproportionality in Special Education: Identifying Children with Emotional Behavioural Difficulties in Irish Primary Schools, European Journal of Special Needs Education, 27, (2), 2012, p219 - 235
McGuinness, Seamus; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer; Timoney, Kevin, A Study of Future Demand for Higher Education in Ireland, Dublin, ESRI, Dublin, 2012
McCoy,Selina, Smyth,Emer and Banks,Joanne, The Primary Classroom: Insights from the 'Growing Up in Ireland' Study, Dublin, NCCA and ESRI, January, 2012
McCoy, Selina, Banks, Joanne and Shevlin, Michael, School matters: how context influences the identification of different types of special educational needs, Irish Educational Studies , 32, (2), 2012, p119 - 138
Creemers, Bert; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Panayiotou, Anastasia; Smyth,Emer; McMahon,Léan; McCoy,Selina , 'Establishing a Knowledge Base for Quality in Education: Testing a Dynamic Theory for Education', Handbook of the Research Project, European Science Foundation, 2012, - pp
McCoy, Selina and Banks, Joanne, Simply Academic? Why Children with Special Educational Needs Don't Like School, European Journal of Special Needs Education, 27, (1), 2012, p81 - 97
Darmody, M., Smyth, E. and McCoy, S. , School Sector Variation among Primary Schools in Ireland, Dublin, ESRI / Educate Together, October, 2012
McCoy, Selina, Byrne, Delma and Banks, Joanne, Too Much of a Good Thing? Gender, 'Concerted Cultivation' and Unequal Achievement in Primary Education, Child Indicators Research, 5, (1), 2012, p155 - 178
Banks, Joanne and McCoy, Selina, A Study on the Prevalence of Special Educational Needs, ESRI Research Series, 9, Dublin, National Council for Special Education, December , 2011, p1 - 150
Barriers to Higher Education Access in Ireland: Findings from a Large-scale Study in, editor(s)M. Flynn, D. Staunton & D. Creedon , Access: Are we making the Right Connections?, Cork, UCC & CIT, 2011, pp38 - 42, [McCoy, Selina]
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma, 'The Sooner the Better I Could Get Out of There': Barriers to Higher Education Access in Ireland, Irish Educational Studies, 30, (2), 2011, p141 - 157
Barriers to School Involvement: Immigrant Parents in Ireland in, editor(s)Darmody, M., Tyrell, N. and Song, S. , The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children, Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2011, pp145 - 163, [Darmody, M. and McCoy, S.]
Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina, The Dynamics of Credentialism: Ireland from Bust to Boom (and Back Again), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29, (1), 2011, p91 - 106
McCoy,Selina; Smyth,Emer, Higher Education Expansion and Differentiation in the Republic of Ireland, Higher Education, 61, (3), 2011, p243 - 260
Non-Progression among Higher Education New Entrants: a Multivariate Analysis in, editor(s)Patterson,Vivienne; Mooney,Oliver; O'Connor,Muiris; Chantler,Abigail , A Study of Progression in Irish Higher Education, Dublin, Higher Education Authority, 2010, pp40 - 53, [McCoy,Selina; Byrne,Delma]
Smyth,Emer; Whelan,Christopher T.; McCoy,Selina; Quail,Amanda; Doyle,Erika, Understanding Parental Influence on Educational Outcomes Among 9 year Olds in Ireland: The Mediating Role of Resources, Attitudes and Children's Own Resources, Child Indicators Research, 3, (1), 2010, p85 - 104
Banks, Joanne, Byrne, Delma, McCoy, Selina, Smyth, Emer, Engaging Young People? Student Experiences of the Leaving Certificate Applied, ESRI Research Series, 15, Dublin, ESRI/NCCA, April, 2010, p1 - 188
Williams, J., Greene, S., Doyle, E., Harris, E., Layte, R., McCoy, S., McCrory, C., Murray, A., Nixon, E., O'Dowd, T., O'Moore, M., Quail, A., Smyth, E., Swords, L., Thornton, M., Growing up in Ireland: The lives of 9 year olds, Dublin, The Stationery Office, 2009, 161
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Cullinan, John; Flannery, Darragh; Walsh, Sharon; McCoy, Selina, Distance Effects, Social Class and the Decision to Participate in Higher Education in Ireland, 2012
McCoy, Selina; Quail, Amanda; Smyth, Emer, Influences on 9-year-olds' Learning: Home, School and Community, Dublin, Dublin, January, 2012
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma, Progression in Higher Education: The Value of Multi-Variate Analysis, 2011, -
McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer, Learning to Succeed, 2011, -
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; Banks, Joanne, Too much of a good thing? Gender, 'Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in primary education, 2010