Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Selina McCoy, Sean Lyons, Bryan Coyne, Merike Darmody, Teaching and Learning in Second-Level Schools at the Advent of High-Speed Broadband, ESRI Research Series, 51, Dublin, May, 2016
Seamus McGuinness, Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Selina McCoy, Emer Smyth, Adele Whelan, Joanne Banks, Further Education and Training in Ireland: Past, Present and Future, Dublin, ESRI, May, 2014
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
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
Thornton, Maeve; Darmody, Merike; McCoy, Selina, Persistent Absenteeism Among Irish Primary School Pupils, Educational Review, 65, (4), 2013, p488 - 501
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
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]
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]
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; 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
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
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
Darmody,Merike; Smyth,Emer; McCoy,Selina , School Sector Variation among Primary Schools in Ireland, Dublin, ESRI / Educate Together, October, 2012
McCoy,Selina; Smyth,Emer; Banks,Joanne, The Primary Classroom: Insights from the 'Growing Up in Ireland' Study, Dublin, NCCA and ESRI, January, 2012
Banks, Joanne; Shevlin, Michael; 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
McCoy, Selina; 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
McCoy, Selina; Banks, Joanne; Shevlin, Michael, School matters: how context influences the identification of different types of special educational needs, Irish Educational Studies , 32, (2), 2012, p119 - 138
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
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
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]
Banks, Joanne; Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer, Engaging Young People? Student Experiences of the Leaving Certificate Applied, Dublin, ESRI/NCCA, April, 2010
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
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]
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
McCoy, Selina; Quail, Amanda; Smyth, Emer, Influences on 9-year-olds' Learning: Home, School and Community, Dublin, Dublin, January, 2012
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; Smyth, Emer, Learning to Succeed, 2011, -
Barriers to School Involvement: Immigrant Parents in Ireland in, editor(s)Darmody,Merike; Tyrell,Naomi; Song,Steve , The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children, Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2011, pp145 - 163, [Darmody,Merike; McCoy,Selina]
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma, Progression in Higher Education: The Value of Multi-Variate Analysis, 2011, -
Banks, Joanne; McCoy, Selina, A Study on the Prevalence of Special Educational Needs, Dublin, National Council for Special Education, December , 2011
McCoy, Selina; Byrne, Delma; Banks, Joanne, Too much of a good thing? Gender, 'Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in primary education, 2010