Ikwezi, Phase 2a: Training of teachers in Khayelitsha schools, 2013

Saturday, June 8, 2013 - 09:00

Part of the Project

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit

Basic Concepts Programme offered as a UCT short course

The training is for 32 teachers from 5 schools in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

Dates: 25 May 2013 & 1 + 8 June 2013

Venue: Intshayelelo Primary, Khayelitsha

Times: 9h00-16h00

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tami.mhlati@uct.ac.za

It made me look at my teaching in a different way. I am excited to implement what I have learnt.

Metro Central Education District, March 2014

I understand now that teaching is not just standing in front of the class, but a discussion/ dialogue with your children.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

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 really cannot wait to start- I want all my children to be Grade 1 ready at the end of this year.

Metro South Training, Western Cape Education Department, 2015

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

Metro Central, October 2013

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

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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