Information About Daniel - Skibbereen tutor -

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Personal Description:

A Humanities Excellence Scholar with a strong career as a poet, author and educator. I bring a wide range of personal experience and pedagogical approaches to help find the most suitable pathway for my students to learn.

Tutoring Experience:

I have been a private tutor for the last 5+ years and have extensive experience teaching children of all levels, including entrance exam practice, study skills, essay writing, critical thinking as well as individual school subjects.

I have taught students in the USA and Australia via online learning, as well as face-to-face lessons in the UK and in Ireland and have achieved excellent results at every level of education.

As a widely published writer and scholar I have developed a nuanced and highly-effective skillset for enabling students to achieve their very best.

Approach to Grinds:

My first rule when approaching a tutoring job is creating an environment in which the student feels comfortable and where we can build a trusting relationship. Trust is not only vital for ensuring a student feels able to freely discuss areas of their work which they think they need to improve on, it is vital for unlocking a student's potential and building confidence.

In my time teaching students at leaving cert. and undergradua**Contact Detail Removed**vel, I have found that, beyond trust, the other key factor is the ability to adapt my methods to each individual student's needs. Being able to bring different approaches to a problem is hugely important for developing a student's critical capabilities and teaching advanced methods for argument construction.

Training students for exams, particularly standardised tests, comes down to two things: strategy and practice. I use a combination of well-defined methods and exam strategies which, once mastered, and used alongside a solid practice regime, have proven successful on a number of occasions.

I tend to use 1hr sessions broken up into three phases: revision, new topics, practice/strategy. These are designed to build confidence and increase baseline knowledge as well as instilling strong methods for individual learning.

Teaching is always a two-way process and I am always amazed about the things I learn from my students. For me, this feeling of learning together, and the transformation you see when a student finds new confidence, are the two most rewarding things about being a tutor.