Arif - Birmingham tutor






Information About Arif:


Personal Description:

I have teaching 5 years of teaching experience in the UK and also 8 years internationally. I have specialised in both Chemistry and Biology at A-level and have teaching and tutoring experience in both of these subjects.
My PGCE was completed from the University of Oxford and prior to this I completed a PhD from the University of Birmingham researching in Cardiology.

I have also spent 6 months working in special needs schools with pupils who have a variety of special needs including autism and emotional and behaviour issues.

I have teaching and tutoring experience and have also taught Mathematics up to A-level. I have tutored children from a number of schools in Reading and Newbury.

I have been actively tutoring for the last 13 years.



Teaching Experience:

I am currently working at a school following the British curriculum in Qatar and prior to this taught for 7 years in the UAE up to AP level, which is a very high level program In the US. Prior to my international experience I worked for 4 years at a comprehensive school in Reading. I have specialised in both Chemistry and Biology at A-level and have teaching and tutoring experience in both of these subjects.

I have more than 10 years experience (including a year during my PGCE at Oxford) in teaching up to A level and beyond in Chemistry, Biology and Human Biology. I teach all three Science subjects including Physics up to GCSE. I have experience in teaching AP level Chemistry, OCR Salters and EdExcel in Chemistry and Biology at A level and a number of different boards at GCSE level. I have also tutored the eBAC higher qualification in Chemistry.

I have tutored a number of pupils in Mathematics at GCSE level, one of which has since taken on Mathematics at A level as a direct result of the tutoring experience, achieving an A (previously predicted a D) in her GCSE.

Unfortunately because of my location I can only teach online so will need to rely on Zoom, Skype etc however, I don't believe this is a problem and can be an advantage as I rely on using a range of technology to help explain concepts.



Tutoring Approach:

I believe that tutoring is a two way process that will be more successful if the student wants to learn and how well the tutor can explain a concept so that the tutee can understand. In order to achieve this I try to make tuition enjoyable and interesting, and try to boost the students confidence in themselves.

Being a teacher I am fortunate to be able to use teaching resources in my tutoring and focus on exam paper preparation as well as explaining concepts.
I use a lot of technology and apps to help students to visualize and understand concepts. I also use fun interactive teaching tools such as Quizlet, Quizizz and Kahoot to engages and make learning fun as it should be.



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Qualifications:

  • PGCE (Oxford University), PhD Physiology
  • BMedSci (Cardiology)
  • A levels - Maths, Physics, Chemistry
  • GCSE - 10 subjects (1A*,7A,2B)

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:   Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi