Publications
My publications connect psychology and education with inclusion, disability, learning, belonging, and participation. The selection below brings together scholarship on inclusive higher education, digital learning, research methods, and bullying prevention.
I value the colleagues, doctoral researchers, and collaborators whose contributions make this work possible. Each record credits its authors and provides a route to the publication or its research record.
Selected Publications
Universal Design and Inclusive Higher Education
Quirke, M., Mc Guckin, C., & McCarthy, P. (2024). Adopting a UDL attitude within academia: Understanding and practicing inclusion across higher education. Routledge.
Examines how UDL can inform institutional culture and practice across higher education. Book record and access options.
Social Media and Higher-Education Learning
Perez, E., Manca, S., Fernández-Pascual, R., & Mc Guckin, C. (2023). A systematic review of social media as a teaching and learning tool in higher education: A theoretical grounding perspective. Education and Information Technologies, 28, 11921–11950.
A systematic review examining the theoretical foundations of social-media use in higher-education teaching and learning. Article record and access options.
Virtual Reality and Social Competence
Wang, X., Young, G. W., Plechatá, A., Mc Guckin, C., & Makransky, G. (2023). Utilizing virtual reality to assist social competence education and social support for children from under-represented backgrounds. Computers & Education, 201, 104815.
Investigates educational technology in relation to social competence and support for children from under-represented backgrounds. Article record and access options.
Play and Early Childhood Education
Ren, K., & Mc Guckin, C. (2021). From “play-based learning” to “guided play”: Reflection on children’s play in European preschool education history. Chinese Journal of Studies in Early Childhood Education, 10(322), 72–82.
Connects the history of European early-childhood education with contemporary questions about play and pedagogy. Article record and access options.
Developing Doctoral Research Methods
O’Brien, A. M., & Mc Guckin, C. (2016). The systematic literature review method: Trials and tribulations of electronic database searching at doctoral level. In SAGE Research Methods Cases. SAGE.
Explores the practical and methodological decisions involved in systematic database searching during doctoral research. Research-methods case and access options.
Responses to Cyberbullying
Perren, S., Corcoran, L., Cowie, H., Dehue, F., Garcia, D., Mc Guckin, C., Sevcikova, A., Tsatsou, P., & Vollink, T. (2012). Tackling cyberbullying: Review of empirical evidence regarding successful responses by students, parents, and schools. International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 6(2), 283–292.
Reviews evidence on responses to cyberbullying across students, families, and schools. Article record and access options.
Forthcoming Work
The following works are recorded as in press in September 2026.
- Mc Guckin, C., Aston, D., Grigal, M., & Dukes, L. L., III. Building inclusive higher education systems: Expanding access for students with intellectual disabilities. In D. Peurach, A. Datnow, V. Park, & J. Spillane (Eds.), The Oxford handbook on transforming systems in education. Oxford University Press.
- Barden, O., Lynam, A. M., & Mc Guckin, C. Understanding employment and intellectual disability. Edward Elgar Publishing.
For information about these forthcoming publications, please contact me.
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