My concern about my learners’ language barriers and how to overcome these barriers has been solved for me.
Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)
The sessions were clear, informative, exciting, well presented, practical, logical and relevant to the context of teaching young learners.
Metro Central, October 2013
‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)
Teacher Feedback
‘It is an excellent programme. Just a pity that not all reception year educators are exposed to the training. My understanding of the programme- it is developed to systematically mediate concepts so that learners are guided to develop an understanding and so that learning is meaningful.’ (Metro Central, 2012)
Training Feedback
Presentation was well organized and clear. The lecturer explained extensively about the content of the course. The programme should be implemented by all Foundation Phase teachers and be recognized by government. The BCP is CAPS aligned.
Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
It made me rethink how I teach and how I can change the language I use.
‘It is an effective mediation tool that can provide structure to those teachers who have lost sight of the objectives of teaching. It offers a step-by-step model that should be transferable … '