Online Physics Tutor Jonathan
Jonathan
Mechanical engineering Bachelors degree
$67/hr
Very experienced teacher and tutor of physics and science. Worked in the UK and in IB world schools. Hugely enjoy engaging with students in the learning process.
Jonathan5.013 classes
Brunel University - Mechanical engineering - Bachelors degree
Very experienced teacher and tutor of physics and science. Worked in the UK and in IB world schools. Hugely enjoy engaging with students in the learning process.
| Recent Students: 3 |
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| All-time Students: 3 |
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| Recent Students: 3 | Total Hours: 13 | Last Online: |
| All-time Students: 3 | Total Classes: 13 | Signed Up: |
About Me
I am new to Spires but have a 28 year school UK and international school teaching career behind me and now dedicate myself full time to tutoring students from around the world. I am an IB physics examiner and have coached many students to successful outcomes in elite university entry. Twenty eight years of teaching science and physics have given me an in-depth understanding of the best ways to encourage students with diverse learning styles to learn and ask questions in the right way. I have a detailed knowledge of many examination systems including GCSE, IGCSE, A level and the IB Diploma and use this knowledge to help my students with exam preparation and practice. I am based in the UK and amongst other things, keep honey bees in my garden.
Tutor Experience
I taught for 28 years in schools, 18 of which were in the UK in both the state and private sectors. I taught secondary science, GCSE & IGCSE science, physics and chemistry and A level physics over a variety of exam boards. I also spent 10 years teaching internationally in Turkey, Sudan and China in a variety of programmes but predominantly in the IB MYP science & DP physics programmes. I have been tutoring students one-on-one and in groups for the last 10 years, mainly in China but more latterly here in the UK; I very much enjoy being able to give students the individual attention they need to accelerate their learning. I have an EAL qualification and have an interest in the way language development can be applied in a science lesson context. I very much see myself as an English teacher as well as a science and physics teacher; it is great to see students whose first language is not English successfully negotiate the difficult, technical vocabulary needed for success in science. I make my lessons engaging by using a variety of activities including the use of simulated experiments and video but I also encourage my students to be interactive and to contribute. I encourage my students to ask questions – in an inquiry-based learning environment, it is the questions that are asked rather than the answers that are often the most important.
Topic Expertise
IB physics HL & SL including the internal assessment (IA) and the extended essay (EE)
A level physics - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas
GCSE physics - AQA, Edexcel, OCR
IGCSE physics - CIE, Edexcel
GCSE science - AQA, Edexcel, OCR
Cambridge University physics & engineering entrance exam preparation
Client Reviews
Very good. He is helping me with my EE. He is very helpful and informative!
Dimitar - Physics
Tutoring Subjects
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Qualifications
Teaching ESL Students in the Mainstream Classroom certificate (Government of South Australia, 2012)
PGCE (Nottingham University, 1993)
BEng(hons) 2(i) (Brunel University, London, 1991)
A level physics, chemistry, maths (1987)
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