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This research investigates how PE and sport science students understand and negotiate discourses around fatness and health in shaping their professional identities.

July 15, 2026Sport Education and Society

The ‘weight’ of stories for disrupting body discourses among PE and sport science university students

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NDNúria Devís-Coret JDJosé Devís‐Devís

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Narrative pedagogical activities reveal how future PE and sport professionals negotiate health and fatness discourses, suggesting implications for teaching practices.

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This research investigates how PE and sport science students understand and negotiate discourses around fatness and health in shaping their professional identities.
102 undergraduate students participated in narrative pedagogical activities and provided written reflections.
Discussions in small groups and whole-class settings supplemented qualitative data collection.
A poststructuralist critical discourse analysis was conducted based on Foucauldian theory.
Students expressed a dual understanding of fatness as both an individual issue requiring self-discipline and a societal stigma.
Emerging narratives included critiques of performance-oriented practices in PE and calls for inclusive pedagogies.
Despite progressive views, students still reflected dominant moral beliefs linking health with personal responsibility and ideal body standards.

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Devís-Coret et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5722be88b21df87547fa3d https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2026.2699835

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July 15, 2026Sport Education and Society

The ‘weight’ of stories for disrupting body discourses among PE and sport science university students

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Authors

NDNúria Devís-Coret JDJosé Devís‐Devís

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Overview

Narrative pedagogical activities reveal how future PE and sport professionals negotiate health and fatness discourses, suggesting implications for teaching practices.

Key Points

This research investigates how PE and sport science students understand and negotiate discourses around fatness and health in shaping their professional identities.
102 undergraduate students participated in narrative pedagogical activities and provided written reflections.
Discussions in small groups and whole-class settings supplemented qualitative data collection.
A poststructuralist critical discourse analysis was conducted based on Foucauldian theory.
Students expressed a dual understanding of fatness as both an individual issue requiring self-discipline and a societal stigma.
Emerging narratives included critiques of performance-oriented practices in PE and calls for inclusive pedagogies.
Despite progressive views, students still reflected dominant moral beliefs linking health with personal responsibility and ideal body standards.

Cite This Study

Devís-Coret et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5722be88b21df87547fa3d https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2026.2699835

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