A reading of the uses and understandings of the concept of socialization in periodicals of music education (2005-2017)

Abstract

This article presents a review of the production of papers in the field of music education published in periodicals classified by Qualis A1 and A2 under Brazil's higher education quality assurance agency Capes-Coordenaca¸õ de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior [Coordination for the Improvement of Personnel of Higher Education]. The objective was to identify and analyze studies that address the use and concept of socialization in journals of the area, understanding socialization as an educational process that exists in multiple spaces in contemporary times. This work integrates the first phase of a postdoctoral research study carried out at the School of Education of the University of Saõ Paulo, grown out of an interest to conceptually deepen sociological theories of socialization processes. The papers that make up the documentary corpus of this research comprise twenty articles published over a twelve-year period between 2005 and 2017. In the three analytical categories delineated, namely: (1) traditional use of the term, (2) use in sociological understanding, and (3) theoretical emphasis. The author observed a growing interest from the area of music education in understanding the effects of media on the socialization of children and youngsters, notably from articles identified in the second and third categories. Joining the media discussion, the place of the family comprehends a privileged space of developing tastes and musical references, that works together towards individual identity construction. In this sense, the educational space of the school does not work alone. It assumes the responsibility of opening itself up to new challenges and demands of everyday life, considering individual experiences and knowledge built in other spaces of human development.