ERIC Number: EJ1249893
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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The Oil Industry in Our Schools: From Petro Pete to Science Capital in the Age of Climate Crisis
Environmental Education Research, v26 n4 p474-490 2020
Fossil fuel corporations play a significant role in promoting their interests in schools and other educational institutions, a practice that has recently been labelled as 'petro-pedagogy.' But this role goes beyond the production of the pro-petroleum and anti-science corporate propaganda that tends to attract the most critical attention. In this article, I present a case study of the involvement of BP, one of the world's largest fossil fuel corporations, in primary and secondary education in the United Kingdom. As practiced by BP, petro-pedagogy constitutes a core part of a corporate education reform network that, for the past decade, has focused on promoting a neoliberal model of STEM education in schools around the world. This model, based on corporate and capitalist interests, poses a significant threat to our collective efforts to tackle the global climate crisis.
Descriptors: Fuels, Climate, Corporations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, STEM Education, School Business Relationship, Hidden Curriculum
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom; United States
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