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G is for genes : the impact of genetics on education and achievement / Kathryn Asbury and Robert Plomin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding children's worlds ; 13.Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118482797
  • 1118482794
  • 9781118482766
  • 111848276X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: G is for genes.DDC classification:
  • 370.15/23 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1134 .A83 2013eb
Other classification:
  • PSY012000
Online resources:
Contents:
Part one. In theory -- part two. In practice.
Summary: "G is for Genes shows how a dialogue between geneticists and educationalists can have beneficial results for the education of all children--and can also benefit schools, teachers, and society at large.-Draws on behavioral genetic research from around the world, including the UK-based Twins' Early Development Study (TEDS), one of the largest twin studies in the world -Offers a unique viewpoint by bringing together genetics and education, disciplines with a historically difficult relationship -Shows that genetic influence is not the same as genetic determinism and that the environment matters at least as much as genes -Designed to spark a public debate about what naturally-occurring individual differences mean for education and equality"-- Provided by publisher.
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"G is for Genes shows how a dialogue between geneticists and educationalists can have beneficial results for the education of all children--and can also benefit schools, teachers, and society at large.-Draws on behavioral genetic research from around the world, including the UK-based Twins' Early Development Study (TEDS), one of the largest twin studies in the world -Offers a unique viewpoint by bringing together genetics and education, disciplines with a historically difficult relationship -Shows that genetic influence is not the same as genetic determinism and that the environment matters at least as much as genes -Designed to spark a public debate about what naturally-occurring individual differences mean for education and equality"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed November 12, 2013).

Part one. In theory -- part two. In practice.

Program of Development Studies