PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SPANISH TELEVISION SERIES: FICTION OR REALITY?

Continuous improvement in teaching quality requires a periodical revision. In this sense, television can be a great reference within today's mass media society. The present article is aimed at evaluating the image of Physical Education as it is conveyed in Spanish TV series. Therefore, a content study -through an ad hoc analysis sheet- of the series "Companeros", Fisica o Quimica" and "El Internado", which are set in school environments, has been carried out. According to the subsequent outcomes, the recurrent perception of Physical Education that is used is excessively simplified, unrealistic and does not comply with the subject official curriculum commitment to contributing to the integral training of the students. Hence, such a situation requires that the concerned area teaching staff be aware of the serious educational implications involved and it is vital that they not remain unresponsive to it.