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Northern Cape Project: Master Trainers- Part 2 (2023)

Monday, October 23, 2023 - 08:30 to Friday, October 27, 2023 - 12:30

Part of the Project

Master Trainers: Final Training Week

The focus of this week's training will be on the final conceptual domains that were not covered earlier in the year.

In addition, the week will give us the opportunity for the Northern Cape Officials to support and mentor educators in the last two domains of the programme.

The prospective trainers would thus have had the opportunity to see the entire process, from the training of the teachers and reflection on the process to the follow-through inside the classroom.

This makes for a fully immersive experience for the new trainers.

 

Masters Training Programme:

23th Oct:
Session 1: Participation in the Number training session (8h30-16h00)
Session 2: Reflection and consolidation session (16h00 - 18h00)

24th Oct:
Session 1: Participation in the Letter training session (8h30-16h00)
Session 2: Reflection and consolidation session (16h00 - 18h00)

25th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)
Session 2: Feedback and reflection session (14h00-16h00)

26th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)
Session 2: Feedback and reflection session (14h00-16h00)

27th Oct:
Session 1: Support and Mentoring Visit to Schools (8h30-12h30)

Note:
I.  See the school visit programme below.
2. All reports from the visits are available online.

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Documents

For me the most effective aspect was the basic teaching model.  When I implemented the model I found that my learners were more focussed when I followed the steps of the model.

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014

'Definitely exceeded my expectations. I see that the BCP can have far reaching consequences if implemented optimally. We were told the how and why of implementation rather than the what.' (Metro Central, 2012)

Central Training 2012

The BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

The workshop helped me to understand how to work with the children in the classroom. I also learnt how to ask open-ended questions that will encourage my learners to think and to ask more questions.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2

‘It is an excellent programme. Just a pity that not all reception year educators are exposed to the training. My understanding of the programme- it is developed to systematically mediate concepts so that learners are guided to develop an understanding and so that learning is meaningful.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Training Feedback

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