Scott

Hi, I'm Scott. I love teaching, making music, and the love of wisdom (philosophy!) with all my heart. I'm a scholarship graduate with extended experience in teaching, providing tuition in Philosophy and Religious Studies. I follow a student-centred approach that builds confidence as well as knowledge!

Tutoring Experience

I have worked as a summer-school teacher for five years in a Cambridge University based summer school, teaching Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & International Relations, History, Sociology, and Psychology, on a group and individual basis. I have also worked as an online tutor for over a year, teaching, in addition to the above subjects, English Language, English Literature, and Religious Studies. During the three years of my undergraduate degree, I was president of the Philosophy Society, where we regularly ran peer-to-peer teaching sessions. In the year preceding my undergraduate degree, I co-founded a Continental Philosophy Research Unit with a PhD student at Cambridge University, in which we hosted close readings and interpretations of canonical texts in the tradition.

My proficiency in philosophy is highlighted by my having earned an award, The Barbara Crawshaw Prize, for the best performance in my year during my Bachelor's degree (First Class Honours), a scholarship for my Master's degree (Distinction) in recognition of academic excellence, a good deal of praise from many of my students over the years - for which I am profoundly grateful - and it has put me on track to start a PhD later this year.

Tutoring Approach

I follow a student-centred approach. I aim to develop students' confidence in their own abilities alongside improving their knowledge of the subject in question. I take my inspiration as an educator from the great Socrates, who taught that education should not simply be the filling of a vessel (as if there is only one direction in teaching, "I speak and you listen"), but rather the stoking of a flame (being taught something should make you hungry to learn more and burn brighter!).

I principally achieve this with problem-oriented and dialogue-based teaching techniques that naturally make topics interesting and encourage students to arrive at the answers themselves under careful guidance, cultivating the inquisitive mind.