Research at the intersection of social science and genomics, ‘sociogenomics’, is transforming our understanding of the interplay between genomics, individual outcomes and society. It has interesting and maybe unexpected implications for education research and policy. Here we review the growing sociogenomics literature and discuss its implications for educational researchers and policymakers. We cover key concepts and methods in genomic research into educational outcomes, how genomic data can be used to investigate social or environmental effects, the methodological strengths and limitations of genomic data relative to other observational social data, the role of intergenerational transmission and potential policy implications. The increasing availability of genomic data in studies can produce a wealth of new evidence for education research. This may provide opportunities for disentangling the environmental and genomic factors that influence educational outcomes and identifying potential mechanisms for intervention.

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基因组革命对教育研究和政策的影响

社会科学和基因组学的交叉研究，即“社会基因组学”，正在改变我们对基因组学、个体结果和社会之间相互作用的理解。它对教育研究和政策产生了有趣且可能出乎意料的影响。在这里，我们回顾了不断增长的社会基因组学文献，并讨论了它对教育研究人员和政策制定者的影响。我们涵盖了基因组研究中教育成果的关键概念和方法、基因组数据如何用于调查社会或环境影响、基因组数据相对于其他观察性社会数据的方法优势和局限性、代际传播的作用和潜在的政策影响. 研究中越来越多的基因组数据可以为教育研究提供大量新证据。