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oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/91302025-03-21T23:42:11Zcom_10259_8878com_10259_5086com_10259_2604com_10259_7130com_10259_4145col_10259_9063col_10259_7131col_10259_4146

Sanz Camarero, Raquel Ortiz Revilla, Jairo Greca Dufranc, Ileana María 2024-05-06T10:20:56Z 2024-05-06T10:20:56Z 2023-09-22 1063-2913 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9130 10.1080/10632913.2023.2260917 1940-4395 If we are to address the complex needs of contemporary education, then reflection on the arts when talking about integrated education is somewhat logical and should be considered as one principal objective of Arts Education. Current educational policies at the international level point toward a more integrated education, however, there is no consensus over a real arts integration, nor significant reflection within the classroom. This situation has worsened over recent years, even when the arts are being incorporated in some models of integrated education in full expansion. In this study, we present a state of the question of the place of the arts in integrated education. To do so, we place arts integration within its historical context, and define and explain four major problems (instrumentalization of the arts, undervaluation of the arts, poor teacher training, neglecting evaluation). We then go on to present the significance of the arts within integration as the basic axis of the existing theoretical discourse in the literature, defining five styles of integration according to their significance (subordinated or service-based, peripheral, collaborative, leading role, artistic). Finally, we compile and discuss the main approaches to have arisen in the context of arts integration. This study may be added to the contributions in defense of arts integration, rescuing and clarifying the currently submerged and confused debate, in order to restore its full potential in accordance with the new social and political demands. This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain) who financed the research project PCI2S [PDC2021-121498-I00]. application/pdf eng Routledge Arts Education Policy Review. 2025, V. 126, n. 1, p. 38-49 https://doi.org/10.1080/10632913.2023.2260917 Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Integrated education Disciplinary integration Arts integration State of the question Educación Education The place of the arts within integrated education info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Arts Education Policy Review 1 12