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Alexander
Alexander
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London, London
Home Town: London
Member Since: 22/01/2021
Last Login: 2 years ago
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My Qualifications

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City University London
Bar Professional Training Course
Very Competent  (2018)
Graduate Diploma in Law
City University London
GDL
Distinction  (2017)
MPhil
Oxford University
International Relations
Merit  (2016)
BA
London School of Economics and Political Science (Unive...
International History
First  (2013)
A Level
British School of Brussels
English
A*  (2010)
A Level
British School of Brussels
Geography
A*  (2010)
A Level
British School of Brussels
History
A*  (2010)
A Level
British School of Brussels
Government
A*  (2010)

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Rates summary: £36.00 to £42.00 per hour
PrimaryKS3GCSEA-LevelDegreeAdult Learner
English--£36£36-£36
History£36£36£36£36£42£36
Law£36£36£36£36£42£36
Personal Statements---£36£36£36
Politics£36£36£36£36£42£36

Information about Alexander

Hello, my name is Alexander and I`m a qualified barrister with specialisms in EU, international and competition law. That said, I can teach most domains of law! I hold First-Class Honour degrees from the London School of Economics, the University of Oxford and City Law School and, until Brexit, was employed as a junior barrister at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. I`m now back in London working on a doctorate, and seeking to support children and families with any tutoring and/or learning needs. I hold an Advanced DBS Check Certificate (re-issued in January 2021), and have previously worked with children with SEN or Disability (SEND) as an advocate before the Education Tribunal. I am available weekdays in the daytime or evening, as well as weekends- whenever best suits you and your family.

Subjects I can teach

My specialisms are in history, politics and law, though I am equally happy to teach English language & Literature, Geography or Sociology. I achieved A*A*A*A* at A level in English, Geography, History and Politics so am competent at this level.

I read International History at the LSE for my undergraduate, before completing a two-year M.Phil in International Relations at Oxford. I then completed a law conversion and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 2019.


Availability: 9 am to 11pm Monday to Sunday.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I have been a tutor for three years, working with students in the UK, USA and Luxembourg. I have tutored in both English and French.

As it is the key tenet of the 2014 National Curriculum, my tutoring approach is mainly defined by the knowledge-led approach to pedagogy inspired by ED Hirsch. That is to say, for most learners to gain a basic fluency in a subject from which they will be able to engage in inquiry-forms of learning, it is first necessary to help them learn, master and apply the basic "blocks" of knowledge that define a subject i.e. the mastery approach. How much of this initial scaffolding that will need to be done will, of course, be dependent on each student`s prior level of knowledge, confidence etc.

While building up this body of knowledge is key, I`m not a fan of achieving it through rote memorisation. I think the latter reduces students` emotional investment in a subject, as learning no longer becomes joyous but a task. I prefer instead use a bit of charisma and creativity to introduce students to concepts through scaffolded examples we can work through together. I then use retrieval practice and quizzing to identify the gaps in their misunderstanding, from which I build more complex examples or introduce new concepts.

Of course, what works with one pupil does not always with another. Five-year-olds are different from 15-year-olds with respect to both their cognitive development and their knowledge and expertise, while a lesson on concepts and definitions is different from a lesson on applications. With younger children, I`ll therefore often begin with more play-based pedagogies when introducing concepts, while with older teenagers, I`m more open to accelerating more quickly to inquiry-based forms of teaching.

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