The criticism of conservatory-like perspectives: interfaces between the music education in Portugal and Brazil

Abstract

This paper aims to understand how the pedagogical perspectives marked by technicist features are discussed in two journals, Revista da ABEM and Revista Portuguesa de Educação Musical. Drawing on the contributions offered by social realism in the field of sociology of education, a corpus of papers has been selected and submitted to content analysis. In the debates held in both countries, interfaces of vital issues to contemporary music education could be identified. In parallel, the social-realist framework instigates the understanding and criticism of conservatory-like practices, thereby strengthening the movements towards a consistent and democratized music education.

Keywords

• music education
• academic journals
• conservatory
• technicism
• music knowledge