Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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
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
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
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
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]
Thornton, Maeve; Darmody, Merike; McCoy, Selina, Persistent Absenteeism Among Irish Primary School Pupils, Educational Review, 65, (4), 2013, p488 - 501
Darmody,Merike; Smyth,Emer; McCoy,Selina , School Sector Variation among Primary Schools in Ireland, Dublin, ESRI / Educate Together, October, 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; Smyth,Emer; Banks,Joanne, The Primary Classroom: Insights from the 'Growing Up in Ireland' Study, Dublin, NCCA and ESRI, January, 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
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
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; 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; 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
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 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]
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
Banks, Joanne; Byrne, Delma; McCoy, Selina; Smyth, Emer, Engaging Young People? Student Experiences of the Leaving Certificate Applied, Dublin, ESRI/NCCA, April, 2010
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
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