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Open Public Training, 2017 (Johannesburg)

Friday, July 21, 2017 - 09:00 to Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 13:00

Train to become a mediator of the Basic Concepts Programme

This is a SACE accredited, blended learning course which involves experiential, hands-on learning opportunities as well as access to an online course.

Date & Time:

21 - 22 July 2017, 09h00 - 16h00

23 July 2017, 09h00 - 13h00

Costs:

Course Fee: R2,800 / R1,750 (students)

Including training file and mediator manual

Material Fee: R850.00 (optional, but recommended)

Including cognitive tool kit and picture set. To find out more about materials click here.

Early Registration: R2,300 (by 14th June 2017)

Venue:

To be decided closer to the time.

Online Reigstrations:

Click Here

Email

info@basicconcepts.co.za

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

The workshop was very educative and an eye-opener. These are things that we usually just take for-granted.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

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

‘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 BCP focuses on the learner… where the teacher acts as a mediator, prompts to access logical thinking and develops language.

Metro Central: Training, October 2014

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)