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Metro South Training, Western Cape Department of Education, 2013

Thursday, January 24, 2013 - 00:00 to Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 00:00

Target Group: Grade R and Grade 1 Teachers

Number of participants: 30 teachers  

Dates: 24 + 28-31 January 2013

Note: Training is open to teachers from Metro South only.

For more information: Contact Fiella Williams (see email address below).

 See documents below for feedback from training

  • Metro South Education District
  • Metro South Education District
  • Metro South Education District
  • Teachers at training Session 1
  • Teachers at training Session 2
  • Teachers demonstrating the model at training Session 4
  • Teachers demonstrating the model at training Session 4
  • Teachers demonstrating the model at training Session 4
  • Teachers demonstrating the model at training Session 4
  • Teachers demonstrating the model at training Session 4
  • Metro South Education District
  • Teachers receive certificate at training Session 5
  • Samora Machel Primary: Training Venue
  • Samora Machel Primary: Parking lot and shacks
  • Teachers' conceptual understanding has improved
  • Metro South Education District
  • Metro South Education District
  • Metro South Education District
  • Metro South Education District

The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

I found this course extremely helpful. One of the best I have attended. The programme makes so much sense and has really made me think!

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Teachers use questions that evoke thinking and inquiry, so that the learners are able to discover and experience for themselves.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015

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

Very informative. Very well presented. Very good use of visual aids.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

What stood out for me - was not teaching the content, but how to teach the concept and so much vocabulary is elicited …

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014