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Basic Concepts Foundation has launched its first school-based Concept Builders intervention in Cape Town
Numbers are foundational – learners need to understand what numbers represent and how they are used in everyday life before moving to more complex number concepts.
Twenty years ago, our research identified the centrality of teachers to educational change.
Twenty years ago, the Basic Concepts Programme was simply a doctoral research project exploring an important question
Reflections from the first two training sessions highlight participants' growing understanding of mediated learning and its application in everyday practice.
The most important learning begins long before children enter school.
Helping to build a comprehensive mediational teaching framework
20 July 2026
Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
28 July 2026
Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
03 August 2026
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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

Die Basiese Konsepte Program het my self vertroue weer op gebou. My taal gebruik en my manier van dinge doen het ook verander. Ek is baie bly en gelukking om deel uit te maak van die Basiese Konsepte Program.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

Thank you for introducing me to this "life skill". It is wonderful that there is also an online, interactive, support system with resources available. 

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.  

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

I realized that if one lays down a solid foundation for your learners they will become self-assured and confident human beings.

Metro Central, October 2013

My concern about my learners’ language barriers and how to overcome these barriers has been solved for me.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)