LoginIan - Leicester tutor
Information About Ian:
Personal Description:
My teaching/ tutoring career has centred on those who really struggle(d) and often fail(ed) to grasp maths in a 'normal' school setting.
I also work very successfully with those with signs oflearning differences often labelled as dyslexia, dyscalculia, Aspergers' etc.
My slogan:-' There IS a way for YOU to pass maths!
My secondary subject is Chemistry/ General Science which I have also helped people of varying ages to make sense of.
Teaching Experience:
I am a fully qualified, graduate maths and numeracy teacher.
For those at school or college, I can support students across a range from Functional Skills through GCSE, A level and professional numeracy tests test to get into teaching, nursing, medicine etc.
I have taught BTEC Diploma Maths units and Access to Further Education and also help undergraduates and professionals who have to do some maths as part of their degrees or other qualifications.
My adult students have included policemen, engineers, forces personnel, and weather forecasters.
More recently, I have helped adults who need to pass proficiency tests such as QTS, UKCAT, GMAT.
Tutoring Approach:
Many of my students have a fear of maths or have another talent (art, mechanics, whatever) and don't think anything like a mathematician or scientist!
I make a point of putting maths to students in terms that fit in with their talents and way of thinking. I also explain WHY things are as they are in maths rather than producing loads of facts and equations to memorise.
I use colour to break up what many see as meaningless combinations of numbers, letters and other symbols,
Not least among my approaches,I show students how to read, interpret and answer maths word questions and maths books. These skills at are very different from those that people use in studying most subjects.
I also have strategies to overcome any difficulties arising from dyslexia or other learning difficulties.
Higher up, I teach maths as the condensed language that it is and show its illogicalities as well as its logic, grammar and structure, which seems to help many.
Overall, my aim is to get to know the students, their favourite subjects and interests and use a combination of approaches tailored to open up my world at least a little to them.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- B.Sc. Maths
- Cert. Ed. Further Education
- Specialist Certificate in Teaching Adult Numeracy
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
| Additional Languages Spoken: | French |
