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Michele Lothian
I would like to see all Grade R and 1 teachers trained and supported to use the Basic Concepts Programme...
26 October 2013

Topic: How to use Basic Concepts to prepare Grade R learners for formal school learning. A practical, hands-on, and experiential presentation. 
26 September 2013
Dr Louis Benjamin has been invited to open the conference.
Dr Andreas Hansen
How to prevent and remediate learning difficulties

 
17 September 2013 to 13 November 2013
See the details of the mentoring programme for the 4th term.
Ongoing mentorship visits by fieldworker yield excellent results

Visits to the teachers by project fieldworker Thandi Banjwa on the 27th and 30th August were most encouraging.  
40 delegates attended the first BCP Expo Day at the Cape Town Science Centre. See photos, presentations and feedback about the Expo.
Kenwyn Primary, Cape Town
Teacher-mediators start to make a difference
Press Release Expo Day for Basic Concepts Programme (24th August 2013)

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The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Very informative. Very well presented. Very good use of visual aids.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
INTSHAYELELO PRIMARY

I am extremely grateful for being exposed to this programme … I'm always worried about those learners who are not progressing. The programme can support these learners in order to lay the foundation for academic progress. Practically my whole class needs this Foundation!!! How can I start with formal teaching if they do not know their Basics.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)

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

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

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