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Education is about confidence and personal development. It is about change and engagement. As a tutor and a teacher, I see my role as that of facilitating that developmental process. Tutoring is about developing a trusting and helpful environment which is negotiated by those involved in it....
I will first identify how you study best, whether it is visually, aurally, kinetically, or logically – because knowing that will allow me to customize our classes to suit you. For example, if you’re a kinetic learner, we will build models together. And if you’re an aural learner, then we’ll burst into a song every now and then (it’s shown...
I believe that the most important virtue in a tutor is the ability to empathise with a student's cognitive position. When teaching I guide a student through the mental steps needed to accomplish the goal of the lesson. I typically spend much of a lesson in dialogue with the student. I break this up with exercises to embed and reinforce key...
I see private tuition like a personal and tailored educational support through which the student learns and develops until he/she becomes an independent thinker with the right ethos of work, one, which consists in passion, discipline, commitment, perseverance and resilience....
My teaching method takes seriously the merit of a slow and close reading, especially in a time when our environment has no shortage of ways with which to distract us. I find that focused attention, even on the most simple sentence, can yield a wealth of insight and help sharpen the minds of students. However, I also have the utmost...
When teaching and presenting complex theory and research, communicating with clarity is an absolute necessity, which I have done extensively in the cross-cultural environment of international MA degrees. Training people from very different social and cultural backgrounds is challenging and rewarding, and I have developed very good skills in conveying information and getting feedback in different ways in order to...
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...
I have a friendly, enthusiastic and positive approach to teaching. I am passionate about all of the subjects that I have chosen to tutor. Making lessons as creative and interesting as possible is key, as well as being exam focused. I have high but realistic expectations from my students, and am able to support them so that they can achieve...
I like to get to know the student beforehand and identify areas of confidence and problem areas. I tailor-made each tuition session with a lesson plan where we review key themes and topics (especially confidence areas), and then work through examples for problem areas. That said, I prefer a conversational style of learning (which has worked best in my experience),...
Having been taught in tutorials in Oxford I have a good sense of what makes a successful lesson. I believe that tutorials should be shaped around a student’s needs and learning style in order to make the subject accessible to them. For this reason I endeavour to use written and visual materials that can bring the lesson alive. Engaging and motivating...
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