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Training Session 1
21 January 2012
Teacher training over the years (2010-2012) has been hands-on and enjoyed by all. Teachers have become familiar with the BCP training motto: "Show one, do one!"

The Etafeni Day Care Centre is situated in Nyanga, Cape Town, and provides community-based care for AIDS-affected and vulnerable children from the area.  Nyanga is one of the oldest and poorest bla
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This project proposes to introduce and evaluate reproducible social, psychological and developmental interventions.
Enver Hassan (Chief Education Specialist) and Dulcie Volkwyn (Deupty Chief Education Specialist))

To become certified mediators of the BCP teachers are required to implement the programme under supervision for one year.  This includes on-site mentoring in their classrooms.

Teachers from the Metro apply to attend the BCP training and to be part of the project at their school. They are required to sign a formal commitment to implement the programme.

School and classroom visits for the purposes of mentoring and monitoring are an essential feature of the Basic Concepts Programme.

The project is located in the strikingly beautiful and far-flung areas of the Namaqua District, Northern Cape. Spectacular beauty abounds, particularly during the flower season. The region is named
Photos of some of the remarkable teachers, officials and project coordinator during the project.
The following photos were taken during at the schools (Noupoort Intermediate and Lowryville Intermediate) and surroundings in the Northern Cape.

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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)

What stood out for me - was not teaching the content, but how to teach the concept and so much vocabulary is elicited …

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

Thank you Louis for you dedication and enthusiasm. We need our teachers to be enthused with a love of children and a passion for mediating to our learners. God Bless.

Metro Central (2013): Training
Metro Central Education District

I love the programme. I was not aware of how to introduce a concept … . If I could reverse my years in teaching, I bet I would have produced mathematicians, scientists and doctors.

Metro Central Teacher Comment (July, 2013)

Very informative. Very well presented. Very good use of visual aids.

Thinking Stars: Teacher Feedback From Training, August 2014

It helps learners to think and forms (the) foundation for reading, writing and mathematics.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)