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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
Effective teaching of position relies on precise vocabulary, explicit instructions, and rich descriptive language to support learners' understanding.
Montessori and the Basic Concepts Programme share strong foundations.
Exploring New Possibilities for Learning
Are We Asking the Right Questions About Learning? Reflections from Botswana
While schools and communities may differ, many of the learning challenges educators encounter are remarkably similar.
Teacher workshops alone rarely lead to sustained classroom change.
Our projects are buzzing across South Africa.

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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)

Thank you very much for the training. We learnt so much from you and how to run the programme... This was interesting and we really enjoyed it.

Kwena Basic Education Trust

‘Although I have been teaching Grade R for 23 years... I have learnt so much over the past 2 weeks and have already seen a change in most of my learners.’ (Metro Central, 2012)

Teacher Feedback

I am extremely grateful for being exposed to this programme … I'm always worried about those learners who are not progressing. The programme can support these learners in order to lay the foundation for academic progress. Practically my whole class needs this Foundation!!! How can I start with formal teaching if they do not know their Basics.

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)

I realize that children need to know their basic concepts so that they can develop understanding of the content of the curriculum.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training, May 2014

The workshop helped me to understand how to work with the children in the classroom. I also learnt how to ask open-ended questions that will encourage my learners to think and to ask more questions.

Pixley Kaseme: Training Sessions 1+2