Jack

I'm friendly and easy-going and good at teaching. I've a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and am currently in the process of completing a PhD in Material Science.

Tutoring Experience

Throughout my PhD I've taught various bits of degree level mechanical engineering and related mathematics alongside programming language and logic. I did this all for my university's Engineering Department in Sussex. Over five years of doing this I've taught hundreds of students, ranging from teaching classes of 20 students at once to one-to-one sessions with students who needed extra help. I've now moved to Coventry to live with my partner and would like to continue teaching while I finish my PhD thesis.

I'm good with whoever - my teaching experience has exposed me to a wide variety of people and personal circumstances, disabilities, and needs. Additionally - and it's not strictly linked to teaching experience - many members of my family and friends are autistic and/or have ADHD.

Tutoring Approach

I am results focused and recognise that ultimately most students are looking to maximise their mathematics GCSE grade, irrespective of whether they would like to continue with mathematics or drop it like a hot potato as soon possible. For this reason I make use of past exam questions and worked examples to structure my teaching and guide students through their maths exams.

As well as being a useful learning aid, using past exams as a teaching tool also eases people into the swing of sitting exams - a process which can often seem intimidating. One day, exam day will come, and your child (or you, if you're the student reading this) will find themselves sat in a room with an exam script in front of them and will have one chance to answer the questions to the best of their ability. For many people this is understandably quite scary, and nerves and jitters and stress are fantastically unhelpful when you're trying to do your best. Being relaxed and at ease while sitting the exam itself is almost as important as understanding the maths in the first place.

Many people dislike maths because they find it boring or "just don't get it." I can't really do much to make maths magically interesting - some people simply don't like it and that's ok! I can, however, do a lot to help with understanding the fundamentals of mathematics and reduce the "I don't get it" factor, which itself often serves to hinder good learning and understanding.