Visual culture affects the way people understand the world and themselves, contributing to the creation of certain roles and stereotypes, some of which are related to body image. This study focused on interrogating future physical education teachers’ beliefs about the body and physical activity to understand the construction of bodily subjectivities and their perceptions of how these are influenced by visual (physical) culture. Data were collected through the use of visual methods consisting of photo-elicitation and individual interviews with 23 students from a Primary Education Degree with a specialization in physical education at a Spanish university. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The results of the study show that these future physical education teachers are aware of both the great influence of gender stereotypes and the values of consumerism in the field of physical activity stemming largely from the media, which inevitably will shape their future professional practice. However, the results also highlight how these future physical education teachers consider and position the subject of physical education as an important space where they could help students problematize and challenge these beliefs. We suggest that a focus on visual (physical) literacy is needed for future physical education teachers (and their students) to understand the world from a socially critical perspective and transform it in the interest of equity and social justice.

视觉文化影响人们理解世界和自己的方式，有助于创造某些角色和刻板印象，其中一些与身体形象有关。本研究的重点是询问未来体育教师对身体和体育活动的信念，以了解身体主体性的构建以及他们对视觉（物理）文化如何影响这些主体性的看法。数据是通过使用视觉方法收集的，包括照片引出和对来自西班牙大学体育专业的初级教育学位的 23 名学生的个人访谈。使用主题内容分析对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，这些未来的体育教师意识到性别刻板印象的巨大影响，以及主要来自媒体的体育活动领域的消费主义价值观，这将不可避免地影响他们未来的职业实践。然而，结果也突出了这些未来的体育教师如何考虑并将体育学科定位为一个重要的空间，他们可以帮助学生解决和挑战这些信念。我们建议，未来的体育教师（及其学生）需要关注视觉（物理）素养，以便从社会批判的角度理解世界，并为了公平和社会正义的利益而改变世界。