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)
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)
It made me rethink how I teach and how I can change the language I use.
Christel House Training, July 2014
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
I have learned so much through the Kwena Basic Education Trust and for that I would like to take this opportunity to say: thank you.
Kwena Basin Education Trust: Project Visit, May 2016
I have never been to such a training. I was motivated and I can't wait to implement at the ECD and I hope I'll be doing my best!
Northern Cape Project (Phase 2, 2020-2021): Training Feedback
‘It is an effective mediation tool that can provide structure to those teachers who have lost sight of the objectives of teaching. It offers a step-by-step model that should be transferable … '