ABSTRACT
The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the use of the concept of socialization in articles published in journals evaluated as A1, in the field of Education, between 1998 and 2018. Assuming that socialization theories are not appropriate from a single theoretical consensus, the intention is to know the ways in which they have been incorporated by researchers in order to problematize the fragilities and/or analytical potential of the notion. From a consultation in journals indexed in the SciELO database, it was possible to classify 87 articles based on the keyword socialization. To develop the argument, this material was divided into six categories: i) socialization in contemporary times; ii) socialization and theoretical contributions; iii) socialization - family/school; iv) childhood and gender socialization; v) professional socialization; and vi) political socialization. It was possible to verify multiple uses of the concept, encompassing generic and punctual forms of the term, uses with brief definitive notes, and even detailed ways in the attempt to advance and/or regain its conceptual vigor in research in the field of education.
Keywords
Socialization; Socialization processes; Educational processes; Sociology of education