Group formation via the captain technique, soccer dominance in free play, content repetition and public anthropometric exposure generated fear, anger, sadness and disgust, especially among girls¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · qualitative r3 · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Captain-picked team formation left the weakest students and girls selected last, generating fear, sadness and rejection. → Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026 q2 i? Soccer dominance during free play and public weighing practices produced displacement, shame and disgust among female participants. → Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

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

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Theme from participant narratives in the group formation subcategory; one participant recalled that “girls were the last classmates selected, and when they did, it was by default”, producing sadness and marginalization.

"Generally, “girls were the last classmates selected, and when they did, it was by default. This made me feel quite rejected, as well as quite sad” (P19)."

Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026 (2)¶

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

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Participant narrative on anthropometry (evaluation) in CSE; public recording of weight generated sadness, shame and self-categorization. Soccer-dominated free play similarly left girls displaced and excluded, per the article's theme analysis.

"I remember crying … because they forced us to put our weights on a public sheet. I wasn't going through a good time because I didn't like saying my weight. I always felt sad deep down for being categorized"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In compulsory secondary education PE, anger and fear predominated, driven mainly by physical fitness testing, grading pressures and “exposed body” experiences — a broader claim this one bears on
• Discriminatory teacher attitudes, including sexism and fat-phobia, were identified as negative emotional triggers in participants' PE narratives — related
• Joy was the predominant emotion in compulsory primary education PE, linked to diverse content, cooperative games, absence of competitiveness and cathartic release — related
• Participants' emotional trajectories shifted progressively from predominantly positive emotions in primary PE to more negative, intense and frequent emotions in secondary PE — related