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05 October 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
16 September 2026

Bridges of Learning Training Programme 2026
15 September 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
14 September 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
07 September 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
31 August 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
24 August 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
17 August 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 
06 August 2026

Bridges of Learning Training Programme 2026
03 August 2026

Basic Concepts Foundation Training Dates:

 

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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

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)

Now I can help the learners from our poorer areas to verbalize for themselves…  they are becoming more confident and starting to love their educational journey.

Metro Central (2013); Training

It is a method of teaching…to establish the basic foundations or building blocks in order for children to make sense of the environment around them.  

Die Bron Primary School: Visit 1

Very well put together course: well researched, well prepared, well delivered.  A course that can be trusted to yield results when applied in practice, and therefore a much needed and valuable tool to implement with learners who are in danger of failing to learn adequately.

Open Public Training, 2015 (Cape Town)

I found all aspects of the course very effective.  I now have a very good understanding of how to teach all the concepts.  I am going to be more specific and detailed when I teach. I need to research and plan my basic concepts lessons ...

Ikwezi: Schools Development Unit, July 2014