Genetics and education: Recent developments in the context of an ugly history and an uncertain future

D Martschenko, S Trejo, BW Domingue - AERA Open, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Driven by our recent map** of the human genome, genetics research is increasingly
prominent and beginning to reintersect with education research. We describe previous …

Can education be personalised using pupils' genetic data?

TT Morris, NM Davies, G Davey Smith - elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The increasing predictive power of polygenic scores for education has led to their promotion
by some as a potential tool for genetically informed policy. How accurately polygenic scores …

Genomic Essentialism: Its Provenance and Trajectory as an Anticipatory Ethical Concern

M Sabatello, E Juengst - Hastings Center Report, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since the inception of large‐scale human genome research, there has been much caution
about the risks of exacerbating a number of socially dangerous attitudes linked to human …

International society of psychiatric genetics ethics committee: issues facing us

G Lázaro‐Muñoz, M Sabatello… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Psychiatric genetics research is improving our understanding of the biological
underpinnings of neurodiversity and mental illness. Using psychiatric genetics in ways that …

Infrastructuring Educational Genomics: Associations, Architectures, and Apparatuses

B Williamson, D Kotouza, M Pickersgill… - Postdigital Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Technoscientific transformations in molecular genomics have begun to influence knowledge
production in education. Interdisciplinary scientific consortia are seeking to identify 'genetic …

Pygmalion in the genes? On the potentially negative impacts of polygenic scores for educational attainment

LJ Matthews, MS Lebowitz, R Ottman… - Social Psychology of …, 2021 - Springer
Polygenic scores for educational attainment and related variables, such as IQ and
“mathematical ability” are now readily available via direct-to-consumer genetic testing …

DNA dreams': Teacher perspectives on the role and relevance of genetics for education

D Martschenko - Research in Education, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Behavioural genetics regards intelligence and educational attainment as highly heritable
(genetically influenced) and polygenic (influenced by many genes) traits. Researchers in the …

Normalizing race in (gifted) education: genomics and spaces of White exceptionalism

DO Martschenko - Critical studies in education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper utilizes the concept of 'discriminate biopower'to explore how advancements in
social and behavioral genomics might inform the racially exclusionary nature of one of the …

The double helix at school: Behavioral genetics, disability, and precision education

M Sabatello, BJ Insel, T Corbeil, BG Link… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The prospect of using behavioral genetic data in schools is gaining momentum in the US,
with some scholars advocating for the tailoring of educational interventions to students' …

[HTML][HTML] Social and behavioral genomics: What does it mean for pediatrics?

DO Martschenko, LJ Matthews… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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