LoginSteven - Whitley Bay tutor
Information About Steven:
Personal Description:
I am a native English speaker with an excellent academic background, currently studying for a doctoral degree in the School of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. I have written and submitted my doctoral thesis in Organic Chemistry and am now waiting for the final oral examination of this thesis, hopefully within the next few months. This means that I currently have no work commitments and ample free time. I am looking for part time work tutoring 2-3 days a week and am fairly flexible about the hours / days of work. I have an obvious speciality in Science.
Teaching Experience:
Although I primarily have experience teaching Organic Chemistry to undergraduate students, I also have experience teaching science to younger students. Through a Student Community Action Scheme I have experience tutoring A-level chemistry to students, typically from disadvantaged backgrounds, over an extended period of two years. Additionally, I have intensively tutored GCSE Science and Maths over the past few months to a student from Rugby School, on school leave due to injury. Although not academic experience, I am also a rowing coach who has taught from novice up, and have found the qualities of patience and clarity fostered by this discipline are equally valuable in teaching.
Tutoring Approach:
From my experiences so far each student has required a different approach in order to encourage the best from them. With weaker students I have found it best to identify key problem areas and first build up confidence in these core topics with clear explanation, analogy, past-exam and exam style questions and continual re-enforcement; always with a view to scoring marks in the final exam. With brighter students I have strived to stretch them beyond their current syllabus rapidly moving between topics and involving real life applications of science. However, above all I believe that clarity from the tutor and an environment where the tutee is encouraged to say 'I don't understand this' is the most successful approach.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- Doctoral Degree in Chemistry (Pending)
- M.Chem (1st)
- S-Level in Chemistry (Grade 1)
- A-Levels in Maths and Science (5 A-Grades)
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
