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Luca

Luca

I am an Aquatic Ecologist and Environmental A with >19 years of research and teaching experience in universities, foundations, and an international environmental charity. I also worked as Senior Academic Consultant for an e-learning company, and have some consultancy (to write reports and case studies) and business development experience for Responding to Climate Change and Climate Change TV (see CV).#/k#

Tutoring Experience

I taught > 170 university and GCSE and A-level students between 2010 and 2014.

In 2013 I obtained a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant qualification at UCL (accredited by the Higher Education Academy). I create communities and learning and practice with my students and I integrate research into teaching, wherever possible.

My teaching experience is summarised below.

2018: I co-organised a fieldtrip to Everglades National Park for FIU undergraduate and the Dr. Gaiser’s Algae Research laboratory

2010 – 2014: Private Tutor
I taught >20 students in London to support their learning and exam preparation for their university, A-level and GCSE exams. I taught Geography A-level at Campbell Harris College. I taught one-to-one Geography, Statistics, and Mathematics privately in collaboration with London-based tutoring agencies.

2009 – 2014: Teaching assistant at UCL (>150 students)
*BSc / BA level:
1) GEOG3045 Wetlands (tutorials);
2) GEOG3057 Global Environmental Change (tutorials);
3) GEOG2021 Remote Sensing (PC demonstration);
4) GEOG2026 Statistics for Environmental Geographers (PC demonstration);
5) GEOG2008 – Reconstructing Past Environments (laboratory demonstration);
6) GEOG 1004 Human Ecology (tutorials);
7) GEOG 1003 – Data acquisition and interpretation (fieldwork demonstration in
Slapton, Devon);
8) GEOG 1002 Physical Processes (tutorials + PC demonstration).

  • MSc level: 1) GEOGG074 Lakes (demonstration PC cluster-room); 2) GEOGG135 / GEOGG136 Biological / Non Biological Indicators of Environmental Change (laboratory demonstration).

2005: Lecturer – Kids4Energy project (EU-funded)
I designed and delivered interactive lectures with primary school teachers on energy and climate with the Italian Association of Environmental Sciences

Tutoring Approach

I work to increase students' interest in the topic, motivation, and confidence and I engage them with the topics at hand in a way that helps them enjoy the topics. I combine presentations, work on paper to conceptualise answers to exam questions with diagrams, and practical exercises / tests to measure the students' learning outcomes.

My teaching philosophy entails creating learning communities where students develop geography-specific as well as transferrable skills, such as evidence-based critical thinking and argumentative oral and written communication.

LanguagesItalian, English (British), Spanish, French
AvailabilityWeekends, Weekdays (all times)
References Available On File

Qualifications

University College London2014DoctorateGeography
University of Milano Bicocca2003MastersEnvironmental Sciences

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