Jamil
My Passion & How I Inspire
I begin any tutoring with a clear translation of the syllabus to the student, presenting clearly the weighting of assessment criteria before evaluating and discussing how this might align with the student’s strengths, as well as addressing areas where they might be struggling or lack confidence.
This stage involves the outline of goals, achievements, targets and routes, the amount of work required and strategies, especially those that involves longer term-arcs or repeated shorter practice, to be returned to throughout the course of our time together.
Central to my broader tutoring strategy is identifying areas of interest, or strong impression (whether it be love, curiosity or even dislike) to establish the process of learning as an engaging pursuit, as something that extends beyond the classroom, and our sessions, to the independent thinking and interests of the student.
Whether dates, pictorial representations, or figures, I find there are hooks for every student upon which difficult bits of information can be hung when trying to fill in a larger picture.
Aided by my breadth of knowledge and interests, I am able to draw on an extensive repertoire to be able to find these hooks, and offset difficult learning processes with engaging insights and activities which create a solid base and establish confidence for any questions.
Progress is thus measured by the extent of this base, the degree to which a student is armed to deal with any question from personal and unforgettable knowledge, as well as the quantifiable process of the factual material necessary to pass a certain course.
At the same time, having a musical and artistic background, I am able to present genuinely difficult concepts and processes in imaginative ways- often it is merely a case of rearranging things in lots of different ways to find one that sticks.
As a philosopher, I am also able to be precise, and as a poet I am able to describe and compare in compelling or evocative ways.
Analogy in particular, is a useful tool, for making clear something that might not appear obvious as it is presented!
