‘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
Very informative, well presented, engaging, coherent and thought provoking.
Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015
The workshop was very educative and an eye-opener. These are things that we usually just take for-granted.
Kwena Basic Education Trust
The course was very helpful to me as a teacher, excellent and exciting, because it opened my mind … how to integrate basic concept in all learning areas. It also showed that children should not be limited and their understanding should be developed step-by-step.
Schools Improvement Initiative, UCT (June 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
Basic concept is about improving teaching methods, language and the learning processes of our learners.
‘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 … '