Overberg District, Western Cape Department of Education

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 08:00 to Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 16:30

Training Details:-

Target Group: Foundation Phase Educators + Learning Support Teachers and Therapists

Number of participants: 20

Dates: 19 + 20 +21 February 2019

Venue: Blue Bells, High School Overberg, 30 Laing Street, Caledon

For more information: Contact Annelien Crous (see email address below).

Note: Training is only open to pre-invited teachers from the Overberg District.

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Feedback from Training

Email

Annelien.Crous@westerncape.gov.za

‘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

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)

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

I feel very strongly that Basic Concepts should be introduced to all learners- this will give me the time to develop their conceptual language and increase their vocabulary and verbal fluency.

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

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

Central Training 2012

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