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Metro Central: Western Cape Department of Education (February 2017)

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, February 23, 2017 - 16:00
Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 13:30 to Thursday, March 2, 2017 - 16:00

Training Details:-

Purpose of the training: How to adminster, score and interpret the results of the Test of Basic Concepts Knowledge (TBCK-R)

Target Group: Learning Support Teachers

Number of participants: 70 (35 + 35)

Venue: Metro, , Cape Town

Dates: 21 + 23 February 2017 (Cluster 1) 28 February + 2 March (Cluster 2)

For more information: Contact Kristin Poulter (see email address below).

Note: Training is open to Learning Support Teachers from Metro Central only.

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher Feedback

Very informative. Very well presented. Very good use of visual aids.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

I have learned new strategies to use across the CAPS curriculum, also new exciting ways to build language. I've become more aware of the language that I use in my classroom.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (February, 2016)

If you understand the basic concepts you will have a better understanding of more complex concepts.

 

Metro Central, October 2013

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 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