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Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 09:00 to Friday, July 3, 2015 - 16:30

Date & Time:

1-3 July 2015, 09h00 - 16h00

Costs:

Workshop: R2,150 / R1,250 (students)


Materials 1 (optional, but recommended): R820 cognitive tool kit and picture set

Materials 2 (essential): R75 training file and R195 mediator manual

To find out more about materials click here.

Total 1 incl. all materials: R3,240 / R2,340 (students)
Total 2 incl. trainer file and manual (excl. cognitive tool kit & pic. set): R2,420 / R1,520 (students)

Early Registration:

R1,750 (by 20th May 2015)

Venue:

University of Cape Town, Hoerikwaggo Building, Room 6A (Click here for map - find section 8B)

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.

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 am really glad I made an effort to attend: Fantastic, enlightening, empowering.

Metro Central Education District, March 2014
Metro Central Education District, Teacher Training, March 2014

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

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)

‘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

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