April Cuffy

Hello!

My name is April and I'm originally from Canada but have been living abroad in the United Kingdom since 2016. My educational background includes a variety of subjects, such as psychology, media, communications, and hospitality, however English Literature is my strongest subject. I recently completed my PhD in information management, which covers the topic of how young people in the UK and Canada experience persuasive and informative election campaigns.

Tutoring Experience
In Scotland, I worked as an ad-hoc lecturer for a public relations first year university module, where I delivered lectures, conducted in-class tutorials, answered student questions, and marked student assignments. I have also been a peer tutor previously at my college in Canada between the years and where I worked with students on an individual basis to improve their writing and English-language skills.

Tutoring Approach
Students are guided through critical thinking and concept-mapping exercises, in order to grasp ideas and make meaningful connections between them. In this way, learning is reinforced as the interconnections between these ideas are reinforced conceptually. My teaching approach is student-centred and follows a constructivist paradigm, with a liberationist sensibility. Within this approach, the student guides the learning sessions by voicing their individual strengths and weaknesses, as a starting point from which to plan lessons, and thereby facilitate the best learning outcomes.


Additionally, I have over 20 years' professional experience in writing, editing, and proofreading, primarily for corporate clients and community media outlets, in journalism, hospitality, education, and communications. In my free time, I have also participated in many forms of creative writing, such as poetry, screenplay writing, and prose.