Representação do corpo do/a professor/a de Educação Física sob o olhar das/os alunas/os de academia

Abstract

The objective of this research was: to understand the representations of the physical education teacher's body under the gaze of the academy student. For that, we made use of the qualitative study method of the descriptive type. The instrument for data collection was a semi-structured interview. The studied group was composed of 7 men and 23 women aged between 19 and 55 years. For data analysis we used content analysis, in which 3 categories of analysis emerged, namely: mirror body, healthy body and free body. In the “mirror body” category, the PE teacher's body is seen with the need to serve as an example and mirror for the student to achieve a similar body profile. In the “healthy body” category, the PE teacher is seen as the professional who promotes health and must therefore have a healthy body. While in the “free body” category, it is evident that the professional has a body profile in his own way, within his perspectives, practices and individualities. We thus understand that the representation of the PE teacher's body under the gaze of the academy student is related to the activities he performs, because they expect it to be what it promotes, in terms of health and athletic profile, with a caveat for the free body, which may represent a portion of the population that has already been made aware of the freedom of bodily standards.