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

Saturday, June 8, 2013 - 09:00
Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II

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

  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II
  • Schools Development Unit: Ikwezi II

Strategies to help teachers to support learners to think, as well as thinking about how thinking occurs and what the gaps might be.

Open Public Training, Cape Town (2013)
BCP Short Course, UCT (June 2013)

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)

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 trainer was very good and it was refreshing to be part of a workshop that can actually make a difference in the lives and minds of learners.’ (Metro North, 2010)

Teacher Feedback

I am really glad I made an effort to attend: Fantastic, enlightening, empowering.

Metro Central Education District, March 2014
Metro Central Education District, Teacher Training, March 2014

It was a weekend to remember… I had enough time to make plans for things at home. Thank you, it was a joy to listen to someone so passionate about his work.

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1