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SIRC Gives Free Reference Tools to Teachers

OTTAWA, CANADA - October 29, 1997 - The Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) recognizes that teachers have limited preparation time to develop new and varied teaching curriculums. To assist teachers, SIRC is posting over 200 free titles to documents describing physical education programs on its Website at SPORTQuest.

Governments, teachers and parents alike share the common goal to provide high quality education to children. Child physical and mental development are critical at both the elementary and secondary school levels. Teaching Physical Education is more than supervising physical activity. Teachers need to create various strategies to develop motor skills, enhance attitudes of self confidence, team building and cooperation, promote safety and injury prevention and contribute to the life skills required to succeed in todays fast paced environment. "If we keep the goal of high quality education in mind, our children will see the benefits" said Gilles Chiasson, President of SIRC.

SPORTDiscus is a comprehensive bibliographic database of all sport and fitness related material. To enable teachers to spend more time teaching, the focus must be to provide the necessary resources to ensure high quality education. Within the database, users will find over 400,000 title references to sport and fitness covering topics such as physical education curriculums, sport safety, academic achievement and physical education. SIRC is committed to promoting proper physical development and encouraging participation in sports and/or fitness activities. Over 200 references to physical education programs in the elementary and secondary school can be viewed by teachers, parents and any other interested parties at www.sportquest.com/school/intropage.html. Topics range from teaching methods to curriculum development. Sample titles include:

Fair play in the gymnasium: improving social skills among elementary school students. Solomon, G.B. JOPERD The journal of physical education, recreation & dance (Reston, Va.) 68(5), May/June 1997, 22-25.

Physical activity ideas for action: secondary level. Allen, L. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics Publishers, c1997. Of particular interest, p. 57-75, chapter on Physical Education in the 21st Century.

Differences between experienced and inexperienced physical education teachers' augmented feedback and interactive teaching decisions. Tan, S.K.S. Journal of teaching in physical education (Champaign, Ill.) 15(2), Jan 1996, 151-170.

Teachers will benefit from the free of charge listings on SPORTQuest by having easy access to resources that will help them develop varied and strategic programs for physical education. Photocopies of documents listed on SPORTQuest are available from SIRC.

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), the world leader in identifying and disseminating sport information, is a non-profit organization serving the sporting, academic, medical and corporate community for twenty-five years. Products and services available from SIRC include SPORTDiscus, SIRCExpress (a document delivery service) and SPORTQuest (the award winning WEB site for sport information). Easy and affordable worldwide access to SPORTDiscus is available online through the Search by Search service and by annual subscription from SilverPlatter Information.

For more information, please contact:

Debra Gassewitz

President and CEO

SIRC

Tel : +1 (613) 231-7472, Ext 224

Toll Free: +1 (800) 665-6413 North America

Fax: +1 (613) 231-3739

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