Elena

My Passion & How I Inspire

Learning is a constructive process requiring active interaction between tutor and student. My approach to private tuition aims at fostering communication in an environment of mutual respect. To this aim, I highly value giving and receiving feedbacks to support achievement of full potential on both sides.

My Experience

I am a PhD Researcher in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Birkbeck, University of London. I have more than 5 years of experience teaching and tutoring undergraduate and postgraduate students with diverse educational backgrounds.

I am currently in charge of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students the following academic modules:

1) Introduction to Research Methods (Undergraduate);

2) Advanced Research Methods (Postgraduate);

3) Statistics (Undergraduate & Postgraduate);

4) Data analysis packages – SPSS, MATLAB (Undergraduate & Postgraduate);

5) EEG, ERP data analysis toolboxes – EEGLAB, Netstation (Undergraduate & Postgraduate); 6) Psychology (Undergraduate & Postgraduate);

7) Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Undergraduate & Postgraduate)

Given my academic position, I have a strong experience preparing and presenting talks to academic audiences.

Subjects That I Teach

  • Italian
  • Italian - Undergraduate
  • Italian - Postgraduate
  • Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience - Undergraduate
  • Neuroscience - Postgraduate
  • Psychology
  • Psychology - Undergraduate
  • Psychology - Postgraduate
  • Research Methods
  • Research Methods - Undergraduate
  • Research Methods - Postgraduate
  • Science
  • Science - Undergraduate
  • Science - Postgraduate
  • SPSS
  • SPSS - Undergraduate
  • SPSS - Postgraduate
  • Statistics
  • Statistics - Undergraduate
  • Statistics - Postgraduate

My Qualifications

PhD in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom) – Current Position

Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education, Higher Education Academy (HEA), 2019.

Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience & Clinical Neuropsychology (University of Padova, Italy) 2013/2015 – Distinction

Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology (University of Bergamo, Italy), 2010/2013 – Distinction

Fellowships/memberships: I am an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an active Member of the International Society for Autism Research and the Cognitive Science Society.

My Video Introduction

Fun fact

I have a photo-gallery wall of the Limbic System in my bedroom!