Participants' emotional trajectories shifted progressively from predominantly positive emotions in primary PE to more negative, intense and frequent emotions in secondary PE¶

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q2 i? Across compulsory schooling, the prospective teachers' emotions evolved negatively over time, from joy predominant in CPE to anger and fear predominant in CSE. → Gonzalo Flores-Aguilar 2026

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

Authors' interpretation of the thematic comparison across the two educational stages in the narrative corpus, discussed as “an increasingly adverse emotional trajectory over time” shaped by pedagogical and interactional conditions.

"Participants’ narratives revealed a clear and progressive shift from predominantly positive emotions in CPE to more negative, intense, and frequent emotions in CSE, indicating an increasingly adverse emotional trajectory over time."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• In compulsory secondary education PE, anger and fear predominated, driven mainly by physical fitness testing, grading pressures and “exposed body” experiences — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• 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
• 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 — related