Freedom to grow in “art” and in “ART” in general education
The issue of training in art and for art has different aspects, though in the Argentine educational system and since the CBC (Common Basic Cycle) of Law 24.195, the goals are clear. However, and for ideological reasons, it seeks more to “entertain” than to “teach”, generating a duality/contradiction “classical versus popular” which is poorly defined and therefore, is not properly operationalized. “Creative environment” in the educational actions of learning the languages of art does not mean that there is no acquisition of skills or information that broaden the possible scope to exercise the freedom to know and choose.
Dr. Ana Lucía Frega is Full Member of the National Academy of Education since year 2000. Currently, and since 2016, she is a Professor at the UADE Foundation, of Buenos Aires. She is an advisor to the Bachelor of Performing Arts, in addition to directing research in the field of Arts. She is a visiting professor at universities of Latin America, Europe and the USA. She continuously travels around her country and abroad giving courses and conferences; her articles – many of them refereed – may be found in journals in Argentina, Australia, USA, Spain, England, Mexico, Switzerland, Brazil and Chile. Her books, already 60, permanent reference in her specialty, are published in her country and in Spain, and some have been translated to English. The Oxford Handbook in Philosophy of Music Education, edited in collaboration with Dr. W. Bowman (NY 2010) has a Spanish edition under the title: “El Manual Oxford de Filosofía en Educación Musical, un compendio”, co-authored with Pablo Martín Vicari, (Buenos Ares, November 2016). In 2019, the chapter dedicated to South America is published in The Oxford Handbook of Assessment and Policy in music education, with the collaboration of Ramiro Limongi. She is “Past-president“ of ISME (International Society for Music Education ) and current Honorary Life Member of that organization. She is Individual Member of the International Music Council/UNESCO excom member (1997/2003), in addition to working as a Consultant of the CARI (Argentine Council for International Affairs) for more than thirty years.