Educationalization as an ongoing modernization process

Abstract

This article discusses the notion of "educationalization" understood as the overall orientation or tendency to think of education as a focal point to address and solve social problems. The intention of this work is to provide an overview of the notion of educationalization and present other works that use it as the principal theoretical lens, proposing to be a reference read about this concept that has been used by several researchers, mainly in Europe and North America. At first, the paper presents the concept of educationalization xin different historical moments, showing different understandings since it was coined in the 1950s by the sociologist Janpeter Kob. From these observations, the article discusses the understanding of social educationalization in the current scenario, showing a progressive reconfiguration of schooling processes in this sense. Finally, a review of some works articulated around this concept is presented, offering the reader the possibility of further deepening the theme.