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Namaqua Education District (Phase 2): Training of Northern Cape Department of Education Officials

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 09:00 to Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 16:00

Part of the Project

We will be training 14 ECD officilals from the Northern Cape Department of Education (NCDOE) as mediators of the Basic Concepts Programme.

The officials, as part of their training, will shadow the teachers who have recently started Phase 2 of the Namaqua District project.

The officials will continue their training in the Namaqua District.

Our formal partnership with NCDOE aims to start the process of scaling Basic Concepts to all Grade R teachers in the Northern Cape.

 

Training Details:

Dates: 17 - 18 May 2016

Time: 9am - 4pm

Place: Kimberley, Northern Cape

Venue: Teacher's Centre

For more information contact: Mrs Seapei Lepita (see email address below)

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slepita265@gmail.com

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Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

Today’s workshop was very interesting because it shows us where to start when you teach letter, e.g. I can see, sound, feel, touch and draw the letter A...

Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, September 2016

Before the course, I never focused on the main concepts as I never really thought them essential to "real life" as a speech-language pathologist. I now have a very different perspective on why these aspects are important and how they move cognition forward.

ZOOM TRAINING 2 FEEDBACK

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)

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher Feedback

Basic concept is about improving teaching methods, language and the learning processes of our learners.

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