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Cognitive Education

Junior Cognitive Education

Cognitive Education Programme

The Cognitive Education Programme underpins the entire curriculum at Roedean, from Grade 0 to Matric, and plays a large part in building an effective learning community, with the goal of producing independent, creative, critical, reflective, and ethical thinkers who will be equipped to thrive in the rapidly changing world in which they will work and live.

The programme aims to develop and enhance the pupils’ ability to exercise metacognition, reason logically, think strategically, solve problems, innovate, create, and imagine, and to communicate effectively.

Cognitive Education

Habits of Mind

The Habits of Mind, developed by Art Costa and Bena Kallick, provide the umbrella framework for the implementation of the programme. The Habits of Mind are dispositions that empower creative and critical thinking.

The understanding and application of the Habits equip the pupils to respond to problems by using awareness (cues), thought, and intentional strategy in order to gain a positive outcome.

Junior Cognitive Education

An accredited Thinking School

Roedean’s Thinking School journey was initiated in 2009, and in 2017 the school became the first whole school (Gr 0-Gr 12) in South Africa to be accredited as a Thinking School by the University of Exeter (UK).

In 2020, the school was awarded Advanced Accreditation status; again the first in South Africa. We strive to prepare each of our pupils to lead ‘a life of significance’ and the Cognitive Education Programme plays an important role in this preparation.

For more information please download the brochure below to view the Cognitive Education pamphlet.

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Dale Quaker

Dale Quaker is currently the Chief Financial Officer for Cupric Africa, a private equity owned mining company which through its Botswana sister company Khoemacau Copper recently completed the building of its copper silver project.

He was previously the CFO of the Khoemacau Group leading the finance function as the Group transitioned from an exploration company, through the fundraising of a $650m debt, streaming and equity funding package through to completion of construction..

Prior to joining Cupric, he was an independent consultant to the mining and construction industries. In his last corporate role, he headed up the marketing and logistics function for Xstrata Coal South Africa, after having fulfilled a senior finance role in the company previously..

Dale held roles at BHPBillition subsidiary, Samancor Chrome, both at the operations and corporate office in Johannesburg. Dale is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Management Accountant and has three daughters at Roedean.

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