ERIC Number: EJ1377874
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
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The 'Web of Conditions' Governing England's Climate Change Education Policy Landscape
Greer, Kate; King, Heather; Glackin, Melissa
Journal of Education Policy, v38 n1 p69-92 2023
Environmental and climate change education remains on the margins of education and climate change policy. This paper draws on Foucauldian theoretical resources to examine England's climate change education policy landscape and understand the causes of this marginalisation. Informed by policy historiography, we examine key events and shifts in climate change, education and environmental education since the turn of the millennium. Using policy archaeology, we 'excavate' the contemporary policy landscape and identify that: i) policy is lacking; ii) responding to the climate crisis is overlooked in education; iii) pro-environmental ambition is absent; and, iv) economic values dominate. In a global context where activists have called for 'more!' climate change education, the analyses reveal the complexity of the problem. A 'web of conditions' governing climate change education policy is illuminated. Foucault-informed analytical tools offer insights on how this web may be rebuilt.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Climate, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Educational Strategies, Government Role, Economic Factors, Global Approach, Educational Change, Social Change
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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