Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.
Kwena Basic Education Trust
The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.
Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)
Strategies to help teachers to support learners to think, as well as thinking about how thinking occurs and what the gaps might be.
Open Public Training, Cape Town (2013)
The Basic Concepts Programme is basically the same as Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. It is a way of teaching… it gives individuals a way to structure their thinking and reasoning.
Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015
It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.
Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1
If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.
We were taught the theory as well as the practice. I now feel confident to start to implement the programme with my class and even with my nieces and nephews.