UCD School of Education

UCD School of Education - Research Publications 2019/20

Below is the list of research publications for the UCD School of Education in the academic year 2019/20.



Book Chapters

Professor Dympna Devine
Devine D (2020) 'Education' In:  The SAGE encyclopaedia of Children and Childhood Studies.New York: SAGE.    
Professor Judith Harford
O'Donoghue T; Harford J (2020) 'Introduction to A Cultural History of Education' In:  A Cultural History of Education.London: Bloomsbury.    
Professor Kathleen Lynch
Lynch K (2019) 'Challenging the Common Room Rules in the 1980s' In:  UCD Common Room Club : a festschrift.Dublin: UCD Academic Press. , pp.17-20   
Lynch K; Celentano D (2020) 'Affective Equality and Social Justice’' In:  Paradigms of Justice: Redistribution, Recognition, and Beyond.New Work: Routledge.    
Dr Áine Mahon
Áine Mahon; O'Brien E (2020) 'Rorty's Literary Culture: Reading, Redemption, and The Heart's Invisible Furies' In:  The Cambridge Companion to Richard Rorty.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.    
Fischer C; Mahon Á (2019) 'Crossing Ireland's Boundaries, Real and Imagined' In:  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland.London and New York: Routledge.    
Dr Gabriela Martinez Sainz
Waldron F; Mallon B; Barry M; Martinez Sainz G (2020) 'Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance' In:  Ireland and the Climate Crisis. Springer International Publishing. , pp.231-248 Available Online  
Professor Ciaran Sugrue
Mertkan S; Sugrue C (2020) 'Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism in Educational Leadership'   Oxford University Press.  Available Online  
Sugrue C (2020) 'Goodson's Scholarship: a touchstone in the lives and work of teachers- an 'Irish' case' In:  Storying The Public Intellectual Commentaries on the impact and influence of the work of Ivor Goodson.London and New York: Routledge. , pp.70-79   

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Books Edited

Professor Judith Harford
Harford J (Ed.). (2020)  International Handbook of Historical Studies in Education: Debates, Tensions and Directions [Higher Education].. London & New York: Springer  
Dr Áine Mahon
Fischer C; Mahon Á (Ed.). (2020)  Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Ireland. New York and London: Routledge  

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Journal Articles

Dr Shane Bergin
Bergin SD (2020) 'Reflections on informal physics education'. 2019 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings  Available Online  
Dr Daniel Capistrano
Capistrano D (2020) 'Education and support for a culture of peace: a critical comparative analysis using survey data'. Global Change, Peace and Security 32 (1) :39-55.Available Online  
Dr Margaret Crean
Lynch K; Kalaitzake M; Crean M (2020) 'Care and affective relations: Social justice and sociology'. Sociological Review  Available Online  
Professor Dympna Devine
Cockburn T; Devine D (2020) 'Recognising Children's Citizenship in the Social Care System'. The British Journal of Social Work   
McGillicuddy D; Devine D (2020) '‘You feel ashamed that you are not in the higher group’—Children’s psychosocial response to ability grouping in primary school'. British Educational Research Journal 46 (3) :553-573.Available Online  
McGillicuddy D; Devine D (2020) '“You feel ashamed that you are not in the higher group” – Children’s Psychosocial Response to Ability Grouping in Primary School'. British Educational Research Journal   
Dr Giulio D'Urso
D’Urso G; Symonds J; Pace U (2020) 'Positive Youth Development and Being Bullied in Early Adolescence: A Sociocultural Analysis of National Cohort Data'. The Journal of Early Adolescence  :27243162093119-27243162093119.Available Online  
Pace U; D’Urso G; Ruggieri S; Schimmenti A; Passanisi A (2020) 'The Role of Narcissism, Hyper-competitiveness and Maladaptive Coping Strategies on Male Adolescent Regular Gamblers: Two Mediation Models'. Journal of Gambling Studies  Available Online  
Pace U; D’Urso G; Zappulla C (2020) 'Hating Adolescents Test (HAT): a preliminary development of a measure to assess hating among adolescents'. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 27 (2) :234-245.Available Online  
Dr Declan Fahie
Fahie D (2019) 'The lived experience of toxic leadership in Irish higher education'. International Journal of Workplace Health Management 13 (3) :341-355.Available Online  
Fahie D (2019) 'Toxic Leadership in Irish Higher Education'. International Journal of Workplace Health Management   
Dr Emma Farrell
Farrell E (2020) 'Researching Lived Experience in Education: Misunderstood or Missed Opportunity?'. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 19 Available Online  
Professor Judith Harford
Harford J (2020) 'The gendering of diaspora: Irish American women teachers and political activism'. Gender and Education  Available Online  
Harford J (2020) 'The path to professorship: reflections from women professors in Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies 39 (2) :193-204.Available Online  
Harford J; O'Donoghue T (2020) 'Challenging the Dominant Church Hegemony in Times of Risk and Promise: Carysfort Women Resist'. Gender and Education  Available Online  
O'Connor P; Harford J; Fitzgerald T (2020) 'Mapping an agenda for gender equality in the academy Introduction'. IRISH EDUCATIONAL STUDIES 39 (2) :131-137.Available Online  
O’Donoghue T; Harford J (2020) 'Investigating the potential of cultural-historical activity theory for studying specific transitions in the history of education'. Paedagogica Historica  Available Online  
Assoc Professor William Kinsella
Bourke M; Kinsella W; Prendeville P (2020) 'The implementation of an ethical education curriculum in secondary schools in Ireland'. Education Sciences 10 (1) Available Online  
Mary B; William K; Prendeville P (2020) 'Special educational needs in bilingual primary schools in the Republic of Ireland'. Irish Educational Studies 39 (3) :273-295.Available Online  
Professor Kathleen Lynch
Breeze M; Taylor Y (2020) 'Feminist collaborations in higher education: stretched across career stages'. Gender and Education 32 (3) :412-428.Available Online  
Lynch K; Ivancheva M; O’Flynn M; Keating K; O’Connor M (2020) 'The care ceiling in higher education'. Irish Educational Studies 39 (2) :157-174.Available Online  
Lynch K; Kalaitzake M (2020) 'Affective and calculative solidarity: The impact of individualism and neoliberal capitalism'. European Journal of Social Theory 23 (2) :238-257.Available Online  
Lynch K; Kalaitzake M; Crean M (2020) 'Care and affective relations: Social justice and sociology'. Sociological Review  Available Online  
Dr Áine Mahon
Fulford A; Mahon Á (2020) 'A philosophical defence of the university lecture'. Oxford Review of Education 46 (3) :363-374.Available Online  
Mahon Á (2019) 'Losing Our Way: Pragmatism, Perfectionism and Education as Anxiety'. Journal of Philosophy of Education 53 (4) :748-758.  
Mahon Á (2019) 'Losing Our Way: Pragmatism, Perfectionism and Education as Anxiety'. Journal of Philosophy of Education 53 (4) :748-758.Available Online  
Mahon Á (2020) 'From Joyce to McKeon: The University, the Humanities, and the Becoming Teacher'. Philosophy and Literature   
Dr Gabriela Martinez Sainz
Martinez Sainz G; Capistrano D (2020) 'Creating Virtual Spaces for Meaningful Development Education in Higher Education'. Policy & Practice : A Development Education Review   
Martinez Sainz G; Khoo S-M (2020) 'Development Education and Climate Change'. Policy & Practice : A Development Education Review 30 :1-1.  
Zanatta F; Martínez Sainz G; Gillett-Swan J (2019) 'A Critical Realist Reflection on the Use of Social Media as Third Space for Rights Education in Early Childhood'. International Journal of Early Childhood 51 (3) :319-333.Available Online  
Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy D; Devine D (2020) '‘You feel ashamed that you are not in the higher group’—Children’s psychosocial response to ability grouping in primary school'. British Educational Research Journal 46 (3) :553-573.Available Online  
McGillicuddy D; Devine D (2020) '“You feel ashamed that you are not in the higher group” – Children’s Psychosocial Response to Ability Grouping in Primary School'. British Educational Research Journal   
Mr Gavin Murphy
Murphy G (2019) 'A systematic review and thematic synthesis of research on school leadership in the Republic of Ireland: 2008–2018'. Journal of Educational Administration 57 (6) :675-689.Available Online  
Dr Joyce Senior
Lehane P; Senior J (2020) 'Collaborative teaching: exploring the impact of co-teaching practices on the numeracy attainment of pupils with and without special educational needs'. European Journal of Special Needs Education 35 (3) :303-317.Available Online  
Dr Seaneen Sloan
Sloan S; Winter K; Connolly P; Gildea A (2020) 'The effectiveness of Nurture Groups in improving outcomes for young children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary schools: An evaluation of Nurture Group provision in Northern Ireland'. Children and Youth Services Review 108 Available Online  
Assoc Professor Jennifer Symonds
Britton U; Issartel J; Symonds J; Belton S (2020) 'What keeps them physically active? Predicting physical activity, motor competence, health-related fitness, and perceived competence in irish adolescents after the transition from primary to second-level school'. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (8) Available Online  
D’Urso G; Symonds J; Pace U (2020) 'Positive Youth Development and Being Bullied in Early Adolescence: A Sociocultural Analysis of National Cohort Data'. The Journal of Early Adolescence  :27243162093119-27243162093119.Available Online  
Strasser-Burke N; Symonds J (2020) 'Who Do You Want to Be Like? Factors Influencing Early Adolescents’ Selection of Accessible and Inaccessible Role Models'. Journal of Early Adolescence 40 (7) :914-935.Available Online  
Symonds JE; Schreiber JB; Torsney BM (2020) 'Silver Linings and Storm Clouds: Divergent Profiles of Student Momentary Engagement Emerge in Response to the Same Task'. Journal of Educational Psychology  Available Online  
Torsney BM; Symonds JE (2019) 'The professional student program for educational resilience: Enhancing momentary engagement in classwork'. Journal of Educational Research 112 (6) :676-692.Available Online  

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Conference Publications

Professor Dympna Devine
Sloan S; Tobin E; Symonds J; Cahoon A; Devine D (2019) The Preschool to Primary School Transition in Ireland: Findings from Wave 1 of a National Longitudinal Study  In: European Conference on Educational Research,  
Professor Judith Harford
Harford J; Fitzgerald T (2019) Reading the lives of academic women: Virginia Cocheron Gildersleeve (1877-1965) and Mary Hayden (1862-1942)  In: History of Education Society Annual Conference, University College London  
Mr Gavin Murphy
Duarte B; Murphy G (2019) Queer(y)ing educational leadership researchers who pursue queer issues: What comes next?  In: University Council For Educational Administration, New Orleans, USA  
Professor Deirdre Raftery
Clarke M; Liddy M; Raftery D; Ferris R; Sloan S (2019) Professional Learning and Development Needs of Women Teachers in Catholic Convent Schools in Pakistan  In: European Conference on Education Research, University of Hamburg  
Dr Seaneen Sloan
Clarke M; Liddy M; Raftery D; Ferris R; Sloan S (2019) Professional Learning and Development Needs of Women Teachers in Catholic Convent Schools in Pakistan  In: European Conference on Education Research, University of Hamburg  
Sloan S; Tobin E; Symonds J; Cahoon A; Devine D (2019) The Preschool to Primary School Transition in Ireland: Findings from Wave 1 of a National Longitudinal Study  In: European Conference on Educational Research,  
Assoc Professor Jennifer Symonds
Sloan S; Tobin E; Symonds J; Cahoon A; Devine D (2019) The Preschool to Primary School Transition in Ireland: Findings from Wave 1 of a National Longitudinal Study  In: European Conference on Educational Research,  

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Published Reports

Dr Gabriela Martinez Sainz
Martinez Sainz G; Barry M (2020)  Digital Technologies to Advance Global Citizenship Education in Schools. Dublin: Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education, Dublin City University  
Murphy C; Martinez Sainz G; Aksela M; Bergman G; Jones M; Léna P; Wilgenbus D (2020)  A snapshot of Climate Change Education Initiatives in Europe: Initial findings and implications for future Climate Change Education. Berlin: ALLEA All European Academies Available Online  

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Internet Publications

Dr Shane Bergin
Mahon Á; Bergin S (2019)  Why We Need to Reconsider the Value of the Virtual Classroom. The Irish Times  
Dr Emma Farrell
Farrell E; Mahon Á (2020)  How philosophy can help our mental wellbeing. Silicon Republic  
Dr Áine Mahon
Farrell E; Mahon Á (2020)  How philosophy can help our mental wellbeing. Silicon Republic  
Mahon Á; Bergin S (2019)  Why We Need to Reconsider the Value of the Virtual Classroom. The Irish Times  

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Media

Professor Judith Harford
Harford J (2020)  How can we attract more girls into STEM.   
Harford J; Fleming B (2020)  Why schools are struggling to hire teachers ahead of the new academic year.   
Dr Deirdre McGillicuddy
McGillicuddy D (2020)  Twelve things Covid-19 has taught us about education and schooling.   

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