I can help to make sense of physics problems, from GCSE to undergraduate

I adjust how I teach to the student that I am teaching, as flexibility is one of the basic requirements of learning.

Physics is my specialist subject, but good understanding of physics involves being able to appreciate both the fine details and the big picture, and relating the ideas involved in both these approaches to familiar experiences.

I strongly believe that physics is not to be understood by only using mathematics, but that the meanings of the mathematics used has to be understood; analogies, images, hypothetical questions, and also things like games are all examples of methods that can help develop such understanding. I have found from my own experience that images, especially moving images, can be amazingly helpful in understanding ideas in physics that can otherwise seem unapproachable.

Despite what textbooks usually show, the different parts of physics can be learned in many different orders, and which is the right order depends on who is learning it, and how their previous learning has prepared them or failed to prepare them to learn the part that they are now trying to learn.

I believe in the value of having a growth mindset. It can take many attempts to understand something that has, for whatever reason, become difficult to understand. All the attempts help in achieving the that understanding. With an attitude that persistence will bring rewards, great things can be accomplished. I believe that anyone who wants to can learn physics and can enjoy it too. I'd love to help.