Metro Central Training: Western Cape Department of Education 2013

Saturday, October 12, 2013 - 08:30

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: 5 + 8 +10 + 12 October 2013

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

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

See teacher evaluation of training below.

See teacher feedback below.

Documents

Email

mlothian@westerncape.gov.za

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

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

The emphasis on language throughout the programme helps to develop learners' understanding of concepts and expand their vocabulary. The BCP stops learners from guessing, it gives them more structure and develops their cognitive functioning.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July 2013)

Encourages children to be observant and provides opportunity for building language skills - from basics to more complex.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

‘BCP is foundational to a child's learning. It is the building blocks on which all other concepts are built. A concept needs to be fully understood by a child before a new concept can be taught. We often rush children's learning due to time constraints which is not correct.’ (KIDZPOSITIVE, Occupational Therapist, 2011)

Teacher 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