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Support visits revealed growing confidence among teachers, stronger classroom preparation, improved administration, and increasing evidence of conceptual learning
Talk. Listen. Connect. Grow.
Teachers developed a solid understanding of the three size principles and explored practical ways to use them in the classroom.
Sustainable implementation does not happen through training alone.
Strengthening Confidence in Teaching POSITION Concepts
Building Confidence in Teaching SIZE Concepts
Thank you to all the schools and educators who partnered with the Basic Concepts Foundation.
Photos of our mediators and learners in action.
The group has now officially graduated from the training phase and will begin the implementation phase at their schools and centres.
We don’t just teach concepts. We develop the thinking that makes learning possible.

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

Kwena Basic Education Trust

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

Metro South Education District: Training (January, 2013)

I have learned new strategies to use across the CAPS curriculum, also new exciting ways to build language. I've become more aware of the language that I use in my classroom.

Metro Central Training: Western Cape Education Department (February, 2016)

'Definitely exceeded my expectations. I see that the BCP can have far reaching consequences if implemented optimally. We were told the how and why of implementation rather than the what.' (Metro Central, 2012)

Central Training 2012

The BCP provides "tools" for higher-level learning.

Public Open Training, Cape Town (2014)

Before the workshop I thought (that) I knew how to teach or introduce my lessons, but now I know that I was not doing justice to my learners. I took them for granted ... as if (they would) very easily understand my instructions.

Metro South Education District: Teacher Training (January, 2013)