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Open Public Training, 2014 (Cape Town)

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 09:00 to Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 16:30

Date & Time:

1-3 July 2014, 09h00 - 16h00

Costs:

Workshop: R1,950 / R1,100 (students)


Materials 1 (essential): R70 training file and R190 mediator manual
Materials 2 (optional, but recommended): R800 cognitive tool kit and picture set


Total 1 incl. all materials: R3,010 / R2,160 (students)
Total 2 incl. trainer file and manual: R2,210 / R1,360 (students)

Early Registration:

R1,650 (before 12th May 2014)

Venue:

UCT, Upper Campus, Humanities Graduate School Building, Philosophy Common Room on level 3 (2C on map of campus)

University of Cape Town Accreditation:

Participants may want to apply for official accredition for attending the training. The Basic Concepts Programme is registered as a short course at UCT.

Practical demonstration of mediation. Louis is an excellent mediator and it really helped to see it demonstrated. Loved the dedication, enthusiasm and firm belief in worth of BC approach to learning. I really think you opened our eyes to new methods of promoting learning and especially development of language.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

I had an idea what the course would be like, but it was much more than what I had expected.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)

I am blown away!!! This is most definitely the most useful course that I have ever attended.

Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education (February, 2019)

The course was clear, open and easy to understand basic concepts. What I liked most was that it links with the curriculum and it really works. It needs to be implemented at my centre.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (June 2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 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

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