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Teachers from Ikamva Labantu reflect on how the Mediational Teaching Programme is shaping their approach to working with young children.
Teachers reflect on 11 weeks of learning, practical application and change.
What if learning changes more than what a child knows?
These results provide encouraging evidence of progress with a 24% increase in word knowledge year on year.
Bringing teachers from different social, cultural and educational contexts together
Teachers play an active role in guiding learners step-by-step through letters, sounds and words using the six-step CTM.
The Bridges of Learning project supports teachers to implement the Basic Concepts Programme (BCP) in their classrooms.
Rather than providing direct feedback on correctness, the mediator uses targeted questioning to encourage the learner.
Our third and final visit of 2026 to the Kwena Basin project marked a pivotal transition in our journey with local educators.
Our September classroom and ECD visits reveal encouraging progress and the vital role of ongoing support in turning new teaching approaches into lasting practice.

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'I can actually see results from using some of the ideas I got during the training.'

 

Central Training 2012

Goals and objectives were clear, easy to grasp and manageable.  The enthusiasm and energy with which the course was presented made for an enjoyable 3 days!  

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.  

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)

The training was very effective and informative … and gave us insight into how to teach and develop language. I wish there could be more of such training to develop ourselves further.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (February, 2014)