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Northern Cape Project (Phase 1, 2019-2020): Visit Three to John Taolo Gaetsewe

Monday, August 19, 2019 - 08:00 to Friday, August 23, 2019 - 12:00

Third Visit to the Project:

The purpose of the visit is to extend and deepen the project that was initiated in February 2019.

The teachers will receive the last two days of training and be exposed to the fith and sixth conceptual domains of the programme: Number and Letter.
 
Refer below for more details about the forthcoming training.
 

Date: 19 + 20 August 2019

Time: 8:00 - 16:30

Place: Da Vinci Lodge, 10-18 Springbok Street, Kuruman

Number of teachers: 41

Number of District Officials: 3 (JTG) + 2 (Frances Baard)

Number of Provincial Officials: 3

Number of Volunteers: 2

Support and mentoring visits to the teachers will be initiated immediately after the training on the 21st to the 23rd of August.

The main purpose of the visit is to assist teachers with the application of the new and current domains inside their classes as well as to motivate the newly trained teacher-mediators.

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

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

The teachers will resume with the systematic implementation of the programme after the visit.

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The emphasis on language throughout the programme helps to develop learners' understanding of concepts and expand their vocabulary. The BCP stops learners from guessing, it gives them more structure and develops their cognitive functioning.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July 2013)

I now have a broader knowledge of how to teach various concepts and reach all intelligences and learning styles.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

I understand now that teaching is not just standing in front of the class, but a discussion/ dialogue with your children.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

What stood out for me - was not teaching the content, but how to teach the concept and so much vocabulary is elicited …

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

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

What I understand about the Basic Concepts Programme is that it is very useful in all subjects. I must implement it in every lesson. I must also try to be as accurate and precise as possible when teaching.

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1