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Namaqua District, Northern Cape
Grade R Teachers Lead The Way in the Namaqualand

An Education Project that brings hope to young children from the Poorest Circumstances

While it took some time for teachers to embrace mediational teaching, by midway through the second year most teachers were implementing regularly and many proved to be exceptional mediators.
Training Session 1
21 January 2012
Teacher training over the years (2010-2012) has been hands-on and enjoyed by all. Teachers have become familiar with the BCP training motto: "Show one, do one!"

The Etafeni Day Care Centre is situated in Nyanga, Cape Town, and provides community-based care for AIDS-affected and vulnerable children from the area.  Nyanga is one of the oldest and poorest bla
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This project proposes to introduce and evaluate reproducible social, psychological and developmental interventions.
Enver Hassan (Chief Education Specialist) and Dulcie Volkwyn (Deupty Chief Education Specialist))

To become certified mediators of the BCP teachers are required to implement the programme under supervision for one year.  This includes on-site mentoring in their classrooms.

Teachers from the Metro apply to attend the BCP training and to be part of the project at their school. They are required to sign a formal commitment to implement the programme.

School and classroom visits for the purposes of mentoring and monitoring are an essential feature of the Basic Concepts Programme.

The project is located in the strikingly beautiful and far-flung areas of the Namaqua District, Northern Cape. Spectacular beauty abounds, particularly during the flower season. The region is named

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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)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

I love the programme. I was not aware of how to introduce a concept … . If I could reverse my years in teaching, I bet I would have produced mathematicians, scientists and doctors.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July, 2013)

I understand how I can assist my learners who need intervention. The BCP will boost the self-esteem and knowledge of weak learners. It definitely helps me to guide my learners, using the correct language applicable to the situation.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)

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

 

Central Training 2012

‘It is an excellent programme. Just a pity that not all reception year educators are exposed to the training. My understanding of the programme- it is developed to systematically mediate concepts so that learners are guided to develop an understanding and so that learning is meaningful.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Training Feedback

I have never been to such a training. I was motivated and I can't wait to implement at the ECD and I hope I'll be doing my best!

Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback