Metro Central Training, Western Cape Department of Education, 2013

Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 09:00 to Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 09:00

Part of the Project

Metro Central Education District, Cape Town

Target Group: Grade R, Grade 1, and Learning Support Teachers

Number of participants: 30

Dates: 23, 27, 28 February and 2 March 2013

Note: Training is open to teachers from Metro Central only.

For more information: Contact Michelle Lothian (see email address below).

See teacher feedback below.

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Email

mlothian@westerncape.gov.za

I feel very strongly that Basic Concepts should be introduced to all learners- this will give me the time to develop their conceptual language and increase their vocabulary and verbal fluency.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (October, 2015)

It made me rethink how I teach and how I can change the language I use.

Christel House Training, July 2014

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

Practical, useful, clear, scaffolded for use in the classroom. Very approachable lecturer and lessening of anxiety through post-workshop contact.

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

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

I now have a broader knowledge of how to teach various concepts and reach all intelligences and learning styles.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

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What People Say

The work … is certainly original, and in some important aspects constitutes a contribution to the fund of knowledge about cognitive development and early education.

Professor Emeritus Carl Haywood, Vanderbilt, USA