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)
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
Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.
Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)
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 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
Teachers use questions that evoke thinking and inquiry, so that the learners are able to discover and experience for themselves.
Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015
The work … is certainly original, and in some important aspects constitutes a contribution to the fund of knowledge about cognitive development and early education.