LoginSteven - Dundee tutor
Information About Steven:
Personal Description:
Personal Description:
My passion for mathematics developed from a young age. My school education initially fuelled this interest, as my primary and secondary teachers, and the resources that they provided were excellent. After leaving school, I studied engineering and computing for two years although I inevitably returned to my favourite subject and completed a sandwich degree in mathematics in Dundee. This included a year's I.T. work experience in Berkshire and Lancashire. After graduating I gained a further year's I.T work experience in Chester and Warrington. This was followed by a Post Grad in Software Engineering in Dundee. Yet again, the pull of my favourite subject was too strong. It was then that I completed a Post Grad in Education for secondary mathematics in Glasgow. This included teaching mathematics in two of the local schools. After graduating, I taught in a further two schools back in Dundee. In 2004 however, I chose to dedicate my time to full time private tuition in mathematics as further explained in my experience.
Teaching Experience:
From a young age, I have always enjoyed helping family members and friends with school maths. I have also enjoyed helping various people in further education. During my mathematics degree, I supported an adult learner for a college qualification. Since 2004 I have worked as a full-time maths tutor for all ages and abilities. This unsurprisingly has mainly consisted of supporting primary and secondary school children for all maths levels, but also adult learners who have requested my help with maths qualifications relevant to their own trades. This for example has helped many young and senior professionals gain entry to the police force, military and fire services. I am very appreciative of the fact that my favourite subject is a major component for school education and an entry requirement for majority of further educational establishments and careers. This has resulted in many people providing me with valuable recommendations and kind testimonials.
I have similarly sat on the other side of the fence as a learner; receiving fantastic help in building a maths tutoring website, a Facebook page, and using other platforms in which to market my maths tutoring services to reach the people who need it most
Tutoring Approach:
I believe passion and enthusiasm for a subject can help teachers and tutors gain unique and shared qualities to offer to all students. At the same time, a willingness to continually learn and improve their teaching methods and resources is essential. This would result in a resourceful and enjoyable experience for both student and teacher. Having the privilege of tutoring mathematics, I aim to teach, instruct, encourage and inspire. My goal is that students will improve, gain confidence, enjoy and discover their potential in mathematics.
Having enjoyed providing maths tuition in the comfort of the student's own home for many years, I am now very keen to help more parents who live in Scotland and further afield. To do this my goals now include continuing using my previous strong foundations, experience and teaching methods using the readily available video conferencing tools, so parents can now have the flexibility of asking for a home or online lesson, or even both if they have this preference.
In a constantly developing learning world, my hope is that by providing these extra choices I can play my part in making learning a more flexible, resourceful and enjoyable experience for our young generation, and our mature students.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- Bsc In Applicable Mathematics
- Post Grad In Education (Secondary Mathematics)
- Post Grad In Software Engineering
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / From their home / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
