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Metro North Education District, WCED, 2009

Monday, September 7, 2009 - 00:00

Number of participants: 87

Target Group: Learning Support Educators, Unit Teachers, Learning Support Advisors

Number of hours of training: 24hrs

Contact Person: Annemarie Roux

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

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

Strategies to help teachers to support learners to think, as well as thinking about how thinking occurs and what the gaps might be.

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BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

The sessions were clear, informative, exciting, well presented, practical, logical and relevant to the context of teaching young learners.

Metro Central, October 2013

The BCP is the best place to start for learners with limited vocabulary and for closing the vocabulary gap.

Christel House Training, July 2014

The emphasis on language throughout the programme helps to develop learners' understanding of concepts and expand their vocabulary. The BCP stops learners from guessing, it gives them more structure and develops their cognitive functioning.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July 2013)