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Strengthening Confidence in Teaching POSITION Concepts
Building Confidence in Teaching SIZE Concepts
Thank you to all the schools and educators who partnered with the Basic Concepts Foundation.
Photos of our mediators and learners in action.
The group has now officially graduated from the training phase and will begin the implementation phase at their schools and centres.
We don’t just teach concepts. We develop the thinking that makes learning possible.
Building strong early numeracy skills is foundational to learners’ long-term success in mathematics.
The training session was received extremely positively.
Teachers gained a clear understanding of the three principles of size and how to apply them effectively in the classroom.
We are honored to share a testimonial from the late Prof. H. Carl Haywood

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

Public Open Training, Cape Town (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)

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 focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

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.

Mitchell's Plain Primary School, November 2015

'I can actually see results from using some of the ideas I got during the training.'

 

Central Training 2012