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The results of this follow-up testing one year after the intervention indicated that learners had maintained and in most cases improved on their 2006 scores.

The following are some examples of learner writing gathered during the project.

The project results for successive cohorts of learners in each particular grade showed a positive trend towards the norm.
BASIC CONCEPTS PROGRAMME IN THE NAMAQUALAND
Hantam Community Education Trust

The project was run at Umthombo Wolwazi School, a farm school in a remote region of the Northern Cape accessible only on a gravel road.

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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

If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.

 

Metro Central, October 2013

Basic Concepts are the building blocks on which cognition and perception is built.

Metro Central Training: WCED (February, 2015)

Thank you Louis for you dedication and enthusiasm. We need our teachers to be enthused with a love of children and a passion for mediating to our learners. God Bless.

Metro Central (2013): Training
Metro Central Education District

The training was very effective and informative … and gave us insight into how to teach and develop language. I wish there could be more of such training to develop ourselves further.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)

Die Basiese Konsepte Program het my self vertroue weer op gebou. My taal gebruik en my manier van dinge doen het ook verander. Ek is baie bly en gelukking om deel uit te maak van die Basiese Konsepte Program.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2