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There is an important difference between giving a child an answer and helping them develop the thinking needed to find the answer themselves.
For decades, cognitive education has debated whether cognitive skills should be taught separately from academic content or embedded within children's everyday learning.
Position learning helps children experience concepts, talk about them and think through different perspectives.
Basic Concepts Foundation has launched its first school-based Concept Builders intervention in Cape Town
Twenty years ago, our research identified the centrality of teachers to educational change.
Twenty years ago, the Basic Concepts Programme was simply a doctoral research project exploring an important question
The most important learning begins long before children enter school.
Don't simplify the language—make it meaningful.
We're proud to launch Mediator Live, a new Basic Concepts Foundation initiative where teachers can learn directly from other teachers through live classroom demonstrations.
Earlier this year, the teachers at Pauli Early Learning Centre completed their Basic Concepts Programme training
