Joshua

I am Joshua, a recent graduate from Mathematics at Cambridge University. I am a private tutor who helps students applying for mathematics, or related subjects, at university. I am passionate about tutoring because I find joy in teaching others the things I love. It was my teachers that influenced my enjoyment of maths and I hope to do the same for my students.

I teach with two goals. Firstly I want to provide my students with the extra help they need to have a good education, because supporting students means investing in the future generation. Secondly, and very importantly, I teach to inspire others. I try to show my students just how captivating and interesting mathematics can be. It is very rare that a student with little or no interest will succeed at a high level; motivating students and showing them a world of interesting problems to be explored is the most important part of my tuition.

I offer online tuition on a regular basis, aimed at high-achieving students taking difficult exams. I offer tuition in Mathematics at A-Level equivalent or higher. I especially focus on tutoring students applying for maths for university entrance examinations such as STEP, MAT and AEA.

Availability: I am available from Monday to Saturday from 9am to 6pm.

Willing to travel: 3 miles

Experience: I have been studying mathematics for the last four years at Cambridge University which has given me experience in the style and demand of high-level universities. I have valuable experience of the supervision system which is implemented at Oxbridge and creates an environment for students to show their passion and interest when faced with challenging problems.

I implement the style of supervisions in the lessons I teach. I offer high achieving students extra problems that push their knowledge of the subject. The reason for this is that if students can grasp problems of a more difficult standard then they expect to be tested on, it makes them feel more comfortable for the tests they need to take. In mathematics, being comfortable with the underlying concepts a problem involves provides a much better education then the wrote learning style taught to students at school. Students learn the most when they struggle on a problem and have to wrestle with it to understand the core ideas it presents. This idea is at the heart of the style in which I tutor my students.