Tannock, S;
(2020)
The oil industry in our schools: from Petro Pete to science capital in the age of climate crisis.
Environmental Education Research
, 26
(4)
pp. 474-490.
10.1080/13504622.2020.1724891.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The oil industry in our schools: from Petro Pete to science capital in the age of climate crisis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504622.2020.1724891 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2020.1724891 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Climate crisis, corporate education reform, fossil fuel industry, petro-pedagogy, STEM education |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091220 |
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