Shaun

I am an A level Geography and Environmental Science specialist teacher, with 25 years experience of academic teaching, research. I am an extremely patient, flexible, friendly and understanding teacher and I am always willing to go the extra mile for all of the children and young people that I have worked with.

My main qualities I would consider apart from the depth of knowledge I have would be enthusiasm for my subject, an outgoing and motivational approach and flexibility. I have been a UK delegate to INQUA (INTIMATE Palaeoclimate Subcommission - Integration of Ice, Marine and Terrestrial Records) for several years and active in the Geographical Association and Royal Geographical Society.
I can also demonstrate in many cases from first hand experience, the importance and challenges of cutting edge scientific research.

I appreciate the different pressures young people are under, whether they be from school, community, friends or parents!
Being a very flexible person and I feel that I quickly develop excellent relationships with children and adults of all abilities and ages.
I basically love working with young people and love my subject, which is crucial.

Tutoring Experience

I have taught in university up to final year degree level whilst a postgraduate, from 1996-2000. I specialised in Climate Change and Cold Climate Geomorphology, however, I also taught Social Geography up to second year BSc (Hons)students, being both a Physical and Human Geographer.
I have worked in secondary settings and specialised working with EBD students for three years. Over recent years, I have worked with Connexions, working with young people, families and within multi-agency fora, to provide the best opportunities for all young people in education, employment and training, specialising in work with those out of school, young offenders, those affected by domestic abuse and teenage parents.

During the last fifteen years I can truely claim to have worked very effectively with the entire range of all young people from those struggling with literacy to postgraduates.

I am a member of the Quaternary Research Association, the British Geomorphological Reserach Group and a Fellow of the the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers.

From 1997-2001 I was a UK member of INQUA 'INTIMATE' (Integration of Ice, Marine and Terrestrial Records) a Palaeoclimate Subcommittee, which involved an international community of scientists working together to synthesise the records of the Last Termination from initially the North Atlantic region. This encouraged global collaboration between members of the ice-core, marine and terrestrial ‘communities’ in order to synthesise the large number of high-resolution stratigraphical records of the Last Termination now available from the North Atlantic region, to develop a global high precision geochronology of climate change.

Tutoring Approach

I am extremely conscientious and helpful. I always 'go the extra mile' whether it be providing on-going materials via email, revision materials, DVDs of relevant programmes and keeping students up to date with current case studies and examples from quality newspapers, periodicals and scientific journals.
My main qualities I would consider apart from the depth of knowledge I have would be enthusiasm for my subject, an outgoing and motivational approach and flexibility.
I can also demonstrate in many cases from first hand experience, the importance and challenges of cutting edge scientific research.