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Cognitive modifiability means that humans being can change...
An update on our first cohort of teachers in the ZFM district.
Reaching out to all Grade Rs in the Province!
As we near the end of our BCP training, things are getting really interesting!
Explore our unique approach to education.
The BCP is being scaled in the Northern Cape!
Taking the BASIC CONCEPTS to new heights in the Northern Cape.
Our beloved Nelson Mandela understood the importance of education
15 July 2024 to 30 July 2024
We are starting to reach all Grade R teachers in the Northern Cape.
Discover the fourth core component of the BCP.

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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

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)

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

It was a weekend to remember… I had enough time to make plans for things at home. Thank you, it was a joy to listen to someone so passionate about his work.

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

I realize that children need to know their basic concepts so that they can develop understanding of the content of the curriculum.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

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)