I am a recent physics graduate with a passion for maths and physics. I believe that, with enough work, anyone can excel in these subjects! I have limited teaching experience, however I do have recent experience with mentoring first year undergraduate physics students on pastoral and academic issues, ensuring that they have the best possible start to their time at university.

In my tutoring sessions, I like to stick to a past-present-future structure. Thinking about the past in the beginning gives continuity from one tutoring session to another and helps me to learn what kind of help the student might need. Then, for the bulk of the tutoring session, I address the immediate needs of the student by reviewing what they have learned recently and working through problems. Finally, focussing on the future at the end of a tutoring session helps the student to see that tutoring is a process in which the tutor is a guide (not a fix) and gives direction to the tutee as they walk away.

I like to think that my teaching style takes into account how I would like to learn. I believe that the best way to learn something is to do it yourself, so I use lots of problems and examples to build problem-solving skills. I also like to help students assess their own strengths and weaknesses, so that my students can be confident in what they do know and can build upon what they don't. One of my goals as a tutor is to help students to understand how interesting the content that they learn at school really is, as well as to help students to become successful independent workers.