Ian, Plymouth Maths tutor, Plymouth Physics tutor

Maths
GCSE - £15.00 p.h.
A-Level - £15.00 p.h.
University - £20.00 p.h.

Physics
GCSE - £15.00 p.h.
A-Level - £15.00 p.h.
University - £20.00 p.h.

Personal Description: I recently graduated from the University of Bristol where I studied Mathematics and Physics to a Masters level. My final year project was in theoretical physics, studying Roger Penrose's Spin Network Theory and the quantum 6J symbols.

I am a friendly, hard working guy with an optimistic nature. I have recently returned from a 10 week expedition to **Contact Detail Removed** Rica & Nicaragua working with the charity Raleigh International. I am currently tutoring in the local area whilst looking for jobs in software development around the country.

In my spare time I like to play the piano, go coastal walking, attend live music events, watch an awful lot of movies, listen to music, go cycling/mountain biking up dartmoor, build websites, play games (settlers of catan, risk, cards ,chess), play basketball & build programs.

Given my qualifications, I am most suited to A-level tutoring. I will happily tutor GCSE students and undergraduates in there first or second years, depending on the course content. I am willing to travel up to only 2 miles from my location (the Mutley area) as I do not have a car at the moment. If you are a mature student, you are welcome to travel to my house, if you are comfortable with this. I am living with my family at the moment.

Tutoring Experience: I taught Mathematics in St. Katherines Secondary School over my undergraduate degree. I stayed there for fifteen weeks working one day a week as an assistant teacher. I spent a lot of time going through questions with students who were struggling with the material at hand. I have taught mathematics for friends and family throughout the course of my education and more recently, for 1st year undergraduates. I have tutored A-Level physics within the area prior to traveling this year.

Tutoring Approach: A typical session with me will involve running over material the student is finding hard to grasp. I will do my best to present the material to a student in as clear, innovative and appealing manner. It is common for me to invent mathematical problems or examples on the fly as I progress through the material with a student, so that I may check the student is understanding and that they stay involved and alert throughout the discussion.

Of course, to pass exams, a student will need a lot of practice at questions. Mathematics and physics, at GCSE and A-Level, is very much like learning a new skill, you need a lot of practice. So, I find, for GCSE and A-level students, the more practice you get, the better. When the opportunity arises, I try to cover a fair few questions in the sessions, so as to develop the students confidence in problem solving, and then leave some homework, so that they may get used to solving problems on there own, and provide feedback the following session.

For beginning undergraduates, the questions become too long to do many over and over again, so the quality of a student's answer becomes more and more important at these levels. I tend spend a good deal of time making sure students understand the key concepts, and then seeing if they can bring them all together.

Qualifications:

• 2010: MSci Maths and Physics - University of Bristol (Masters)

Native Language: English (British)
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes
CRB Check: Yes