The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.
Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)
If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.
Metro Central, October 2013
'It was well run... Knowledge gained priceless. It taught me vital strategies in the teaching model for optimal learning and understanding to take place.' (Metro Central, 2012)
Teacher Feedback About Training (2012)
Ek waardeer alles wat Dr Louis ons geleer het. Daar is soveel dinge wat ek nie geweet het nie, bv. hoe om ons kinders te help leer. You are a star, thank you for your time.
Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2
Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.
Kwena Basic Education Trust
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.
‘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 … '