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Northern Cape Project (Phase 1, 2019-2020): Visit One to Pixley Kaseme

Monday, February 4, 2019 - 08:00 to Friday, February 8, 2019 - 16:00

First Visit to the Project:

The main purpose of the first visit is to initiate the project.

The teachers will receive two days of training and be exposed to the first two conceptual domains of the programme: Colour and Shape.
 
Refer below for more details about the forthcoming training.
 

Date: 4 + 5 February 2019

Time: 8:00 - 16:30

Place: De Aar Country Club, De Aar

Number of teachers: 43

Number of District Officials: 1

Number of Volunteers: 3

 

The teachers will start with the implementation of the Basic Concepts Programme immediately after the training on February 6th.

Support and mentoring visits to the teachers will be initiated immediately after the training on the 6th to the 8th February.

The visits will be lead by district and provincial officials as well as by the project team leaders.

Community volunteers will accompany the class vistors on their mentoring visits - they will receive on-site training to provide additional support to the teachers.

See programme for visit in documents below.

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

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

I love the programme. I was not aware of how to introduce a concept … . If I could reverse my years in teaching, I bet I would have produced mathematicians, scientists and doctors.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July, 2013)

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

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

The BCP is about the way we talk to the children in class and how we give lessons in class. How we should introduce a topic to the children and mediate with them.

Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback

I was very happy about my development on this course… often as teachers we do not pay attention to detail, but because of Basic Concepts I was aware of the lack of language use in my class. I am now using a different approach with my learners and being aware of the small details that make a big change in the way I teach and learners learn. Thank you for this eye opening course.

Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 2013)
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