What do the covers of the textbooks of Physical Education in Primary represent?

This study analyzes the image of the body represented on the covers of textbooks of Physical Education linked to a type of physical activity, to check if they conform to the guidelines set by the current legislation regarding curricular materials. The study is empirical, descriptive and comparative among the textbooks analyzed. The sample consisted of 12 covers of two editorials, published under the Organic Law 8/2013 for the Improvement of Educational Quality (LOMCE). The research technique was content analysis through the SAIMEF (System of Analysis of Images in Physical Education) tool. We performed a descriptive analysis of the data where contingency tables were used and the Chi-square Pearson test (x(2)), was applied. to contrast the significance of the variable sex and the variable sport. The results showed covers with photograph and color image format. being the protagonists of the physical activity the men, pertaining to the childhood, of white race, ectomorphic somatotype and realizing sport, in absence of disability; linking individual sport with women and the collective and adversary with men. These results are very far from the guidelines set by Spanish legislation regarding curricular materials, and specifically in physical education textbooks. There is no doubt that a reflection on the curricular materials is necessary. since the contents offered through the images are a source of values settlement and empowerment of attitudes, and a society without discrimination must be transmitted to continue advancing towards equality .