Discriminatory teacher attitudes, including sexism and fat-phobia, were identified as negative emotional triggers in participants' PE narratives¶
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q2 i? Participants recounted unequal treatment and disparaging teacher comments about their bodies that produced sadness, disgust and remorse. → Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026
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Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026¶
Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar, X`enia Ríos-Sisó, Antonio Muñoz-Llerena. (2026). “I didn't want physical education days to come”: Emotional experiences in physical education of prospective primary education teachers. Learning and Instruction 104 (2026) 102382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2026.102382
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Theme Analysis of narratives in the teacher–student relationship subcategory identified sexist attitudes of (male) teachers; one participant reported body-critical comments that “created great remorse” and another described a teacher with complaints for inappropriate sexist behaviors.
"My PE teacher increased the rejection I felt toward my body. He made comments like: “you can't waste your body this way”, or … “you're going to lose all your potential”."
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Related Claims¶
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- Participants' emotional trajectories shifted progressively from predominantly positive emotions in primary PE to more negative, intense and frequent emotions in secondary PE — related
- Joy was the predominant emotion in compulsory primary education PE, linked to diverse content, cooperative games, absence of competitiveness and cathartic release — related
- Sex instruction should work by countering motives with motives, using fear, disgust, self-respect and desire for the regard of others against sexual carelessness — related
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Discriminatory teacher attitudes, including sexism and fat-phobia, were identified as negative emotional triggers in participants' PE narratives |
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Discriminatory teacher attitudes, including sexism and fat-phobia, were identified as negative emotional triggers in participants' PE narratives |
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