Paul Connolly

Research output

Research output per year 1992 1995 2001 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2018 2022

• 72 Paper
• 59 Article
• 50 Book
• 28 Chapter
• 16 More
  • 7 Commissioned report
  • 4 Poster
  • 2 Working paper
  • 1 Conference contribution
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2010

  Whiteness, racism and exclusion in Northern Ireland: A critical race perspective

  Connolly, P. & Khaoury, R., 2010, Northern Ireland after the Troubles? A Society in Transition. Coulter, C. & Murray, M. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 192-212 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • racism 100%
  • exclusion 84%
  • national minority 67%
  • public service 65%
  • reform 22%
• 2009

  A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of the Effects of the Sesame Tree Outreach Pack on Young Children’s Attitudes and Awareness (Report 3)

  Larkin, E., Connolly, P. & Kehoe, S., 1 Dec 2009

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Sesamum 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 42%
  • Education 39%

• A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Young Children’s Natural Exposure to Sesame Tree on their Attitudes and Awareness (Report 2)

  Larkin, E., Connolly, P. & Kehoe, S., 1 Aug 2009

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Sesamum 100%
  • Longitudinal Studies 52%
  • Education 39%

• A need to belong: an epidemiological study of the experiences and needs of minority ethnic children in Northern Ireland

  O'Hare, L., Biggart, A. & Connolly, P., Sep 2009, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• A Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of Business in the Community’s Time to Read Pupil Mentoring Programme

  Connolly, P., Miller, S., Odena, O. & Styles, B., 2009

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Randomized Controlled Trial 100%
  • Mentoring 78%
  • Pupil 66%
  • Northern Ireland 44%
  • Evaluation 36%

• Developing Programmes to Promote Ethnic Diversity in Early Childhood

  Connolly, P., 1 Mar 2009.

  Research output: Working paper

  • Northern Ireland 100%
  • Program Evaluation 83%
  • Respect 79%
  • Armed Conflicts 79%
  • Aptitude 50%

• Educational attainment, wellbeing and economic disadvantage: A survey of primary school pupils in Northern Ireland

  Miller, S., Maguire, L. & Connolly, P., 1 Sep 2009. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Ethnic habitus and young children: a case study of Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P., Kelly, B. & Smith, A., 22 Jun 2009, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 17, 2, p. 217-232 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland 100%
  • disposition 33%
  • Child 32%
  • religious group 21%
  • ethnic identity 18%
  32 Citations (Scopus)

• Ready To Learn

  Lundy, L., Miller, S., McEvoy, L., Connolly, P. & Maguire, L., 1 Jun 2009

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

• The Effects of the Children's Television Series Sesame Tree on Young Children's Social Attitudes and Cultural Awareness

  Connolly, P., Larkin, E. & Kehoe, S., Sep 2009, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• The Place of Randomised Controlled Trials in Educational Research: A Case Study

  Connolly, P. & Miller, S., Sep 2009, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• The Role of Mixed-Methods in Researching Young Children and Ethnic Diversity

  Connolly, P., 1 Jun 2009.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Well Being and Educational Attainment: A Survey of Primary School Pupils in Northern Ireland

  Maguire, L., Miller, S. & Connolly, P., 1 Apr 2009, p. 1-1.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• 2008

  (Mis)Representing underachievement: A more detailed reply to Gorard and Smith

  Connolly, P., 2008.

  Research output: Working paper

• (Mis)Representing underachievement: A rejoinder to Gorard and Smith

  Connolly, P., 1 Nov 2008, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 29, 6, p. 715-717 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • sociology of education 100%
  • quantitative research 75%
  • gender 37%
  • education 23%

• A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Evaluation of the Effects of Watching Sesame Tree on Young Children’s Attitudes and Awareness (Report 1)

  Connolly, P., Kehoe, S., Larkin, E. & Galanouli, D., 1 Dec 2008

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Sesamum 100%
  • Randomized Controlled Trials 42%
  • Education 39%

• A critical review of some recent developments in quantitative research on gender and achievement in the United Kingdom

  Connolly, P., 1 May 2008, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 29, 3, p. 249-260 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • quantitative research 100%
  • gender 48%
  • literature 13%
  • Group 9%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• A need to belong: An epidemiological study of black and minority ethnic children’s perceptions of exclusion in the southern area of Northern Ireland

  O'Hare, L., Biggart, A. & Connolly, P., 2008

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  Open Access

• Ethnic Segregation, Moral Panics and Social Class: A Comparative Study of the Experiences and Perspectives of Working Class and Middle Class Children in Belfast

  Connolly, P., 1 Mar 2008.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • working class 100%
  • segregation 95%
  • social class 94%
  • middle class 92%
  • violence 32%

• It May Look Good But Does It Actually Work? The Need for Evidence-Informed Approaches to the Development of Conflict Resolution and Peace Building Programmes in Education

  Connolly, P., 1 May 2008.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Preschool Children's Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Difference: A Study of 3- and 4-Year-Old Children in Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P., 1 Mar 2008.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • preschool child 100%
  • disposition 93%
  • national flags 84%
  • quantitative method 49%
  • friendship 47%

• Race, gender and critical reflexivity in research with young children

  Connolly, P., 2008, Research With Children: Perspectives and Practices. Christensen, P. & James, A. (eds.). 2 ed. Taylor and Francis Ltd., p. 173-188 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  27 Citations (Scopus)

• The development of young children's ethnic identities: implications for early years practice

  Connolly, P., 2008, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Volume 2. Hick, P. & Thomas, G. (eds.). SAGE Publications Ltd, p. 139-157 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Masculine Habitus as 'Distributed Cognition': A Case Study of 5- to 6-Year-Old Boys in an English Inner-City, Multi-Ethnic Primary School

  Connolly, P., 2008, Inclusion and Diversity in Education, Volume 4. Hick, P. & Thomas, G. (eds.). SAGE Publications, p. 157-170 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2007

  'Boys will be boys' ... but in what ways? Social class and the development of young boys' schooling identities

  Connolly, P., 2007, International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School. Thiessen, D. & Cook-Sather, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 321-346 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• From Conflict to Peace Building: The Power of Early Childhood Initiatives – Lessons from around the World

  Connolly, P., Hayden, J. & Levin, D., 1 May 2007, 141 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

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• It may look good but does it actually work? A critical race perspective on evaluating the effects of diversity education programs on young children's racial attitudes

  Connolly, P., 1 Apr 2007.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Quantitative Data Analysis in Education: A Critical Overview Using SPSS

  Connolly, P., 1 May 2007, Taylor and Francis Ltd.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

• Racist harassment in the white hinterlands: minority ethnic children and parents' experiences of schooling in Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P. & Keenan, M., 2007, Education and Society: 25 Years of the British Journal of Sociology of Education. Barton, L. (ed.). Routledge, p. 263-280 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Sectarianism and Subtle Prejudice in Northern Ireland: A Technical Report on a Survey of the Adult Population Commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland

  Muldoon, O. & Connolly, P., 2007

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland 100%

• The Attitudes and Experiences of Children Born in 1997 in Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P., Muldoon, O. & Kehoe, S., 2007

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • BBC 100%
  • commissioned research 60%
  • experience 24%

• Whiteness, racism and exclusion in Northern Ireland: A critical race perspective

  Connolly, P. & Khaoury, R., 2007, Northern Ireland after the Troubles? A Society in Transition. Coulter, C. & Murray, M. (eds.). Manchester University Press, p. 192-212 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2006

  Addressing diversity and inclusion in the early years in conflict-affected societies: A case study of the Media Initiative for Children – Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P., Fitzpatrick, S., Gallagher, A. & Harris, P., 1 Oct 2006, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 14, 3, p. 263-278 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Northern Ireland 100%
  • inclusion 50%
  • society 50%
  • Organizations 46%
  • Child 32%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• "Boys will be boys" .. But in What Ways? Social Class and the Development of Young Boys' Schooling Identities

  Connolly, P., Apr 2006, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Constructing and Deconstructing Masculinities in the Early Years: Mediations of Social Class, 'Race' and Ethnicity

  Connolly, P., 1 Apr 2006.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• It goes without saying (well, sometimes): racism, whiteness and identity in Northern Ireland

  Connolly, P., 2006, The New Countryside? Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain. Agyeman, J. & Neal, S. (eds.). p. 21-46 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Keeping a sense of proportion but losing all perspective: a critique of Gorard's notion of the 'Politician's Error'

  Connolly, P., 1 Mar 2006, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 54, 1, p. 73-88 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • politician 100%
  • performance 55%
  • trend 39%
  • gender-specific factors 32%
  • time 27%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• No new perspectives, just red herrings: a reply to Gorard

  Connolly, P., 1 Dec 2006, In: British Journal of Educational Studies. 54, 4, p. 476-482 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Summary statistics, educational achievement gaps and the ecological fallacy

  Connolly, P., 18 Aug 2006, In: Oxford Review of Education. 32, 2, p. 235-252 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • statistics 100%
  • gender-specific factors 54%
  • pupil 52%
  • educational inequality 42%
  • secondary analysis 36%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• The Effects of Social Class and Ethnicity on Gender Differences in GCSE Attainment: A Secondary Analysis of the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales 1997-2001

  Connolly, P., 16 Aug 2006, (Published online) In: British Educational Research Journal. 32, 1, p. 3-21 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • secondary analysis 100%
  • social class 83%
  • gender-specific factors 74%
  • ethnicity 69%
  • gender 34%
  111 Citations (Scopus)

• The general and specific effects of educational programmes aimed at promoting awareness of and respect for diversity among young children

  Connolly, P. & Hosken, K., 1 Jun 2006, In: International Journal of Early Years Education. 14, 2, p. 107-126 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Respect 100%
  • educational program 81%
  • respect 74%
  • evaluation 42%
  • Child 40%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• The Masculine Habitus as 'Distributed Cognition': A Case Study of 5- to 6-Year-Old Boys in an English Inner-City, Multi-Ethnic Primary School

  Connolly, P., 1 Apr 2006, In: Children & Society. 20, 2, p. 140-152 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • cognition 100%
  • Cognition 97%
  • primary school 96%
  • Racism 58%
  • Violence 43%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Troubling identities: Reflections on Judith Butler's philosophy for the sociology of education

  David, M., Coffey, A., Connolly, P., Nayak, A. & Reay, D., 1 Sep 2006, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 27, 4, p. 421-424 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  • sociology of education 100%
  • editor 64%
  • education 23%
  • Group 22%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Young boys, masculinities and schooling

  Connolly, P., 2006, In: Sociology Review. 15, 3, p. 2-5 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • magazine 100%
  • masculinity 94%
  • sociology 79%
  • Teaching 44%
  • student 25%
• 2005

  A small-scale study of the relationship between measures of deprivation and child-care referrals

  Winter, K. & Connolly, P., 1 Aug 2005, In: British Journal of Social Work. 35 (6), 6, p. 937-952 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Work 100%
  • Child Care 93%
  • child care 85%
  • deprivation 85%
  • Child Abuse 69%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Citizenship Education, Diversity and Social Class

  Gallagher, A., Healey, J. & Connolly, P., 25 May 2005.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Some challenges in researching racism in education: A review essay

  Connolly, P., 1 Mar 2005, In: European Educational Research Journal. 4, 1, p. 89-95 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • racism 100%
  • education 35%

• Summary Statistics, Educational Achievement Gaps and the Ecological Fallacy

  Connolly, P., Sep 2005, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Understanding the 'production' of the schooling identities of young working class boys: time to move beyond the sociological/psychological divide?

  Connolly, P., 1 Sep 2005.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • working class 100%
  • childhood 71%
  • sociology 53%
  • social agencies 45%
  • social competence 37%
• 2004

  Boys and Schooling in the Early Years

  Connolly, P., 1 Aug 2004, Routledge.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review