Daniel H - Tutor in Mowbray
Greetings! Education and learning is central to my life. I am passionate about helping other to learn in an engaged and dynamic way. My teaching style encourages students to have fun while learning new concepts. I have experience teaching students from the 8 years old - 18 years old. Recently I was teaching students in South Korea to speak and understand English. I love to learn how people in different parts of the world do things and how this can influence me to be a better educator. I am open minded and keen to learn from my students too. I love reading new books with exciting characters, stories and plots. I also enjoy reading travel and history articles online. Learning to communicate effectively in English is a key skill for any student who plans to go into business, trade, education, sales and personal relations. Effective communicators are able to grow successful teams and partnerships. I can't wait to help you to improve and succeed in your subjects so that your future will be exciting and successful!
Tutor basics
Teaching places
My Home, Students Home, Public Place, and Online
Travelling distance
Daniel will travel 30km from Mowbray, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Languages spoken
Daniel speaks Afrikaans, English, and Xhosa
Experience
Primary School Educator
As a primary school educator I taught 28 boys. I taught them English, Maths, Science, Social studies, Afrikaans and Computer technology. This required me to plan and progress through the content of each subject. I had to carry out all the assessments for these students too. In the afternoons I coached sport to senior students at the school.
Art Curator
As an art curator I was required to plan exhibitions for artists and designers. This required me to get a real understanding of the artist's approach to art making and through planning the exhibition needed to help the viewer to make more sense of their work. I had to promote the artist's work through media platforms and events such as exhibition openings and artist discussions. The art curator needs to organise the lighting and painting of the exhibition space. The art curator is in charge of framing an artist's work for the exhibition. The curator has to manage the selling of the artist's work as well as all the costs involved in running the gallery.
High School Educator
As a high school educator I taught English to 4 Grade 10 classes, 4 Grade 11 classes and 4 Grade 12 classes. I was required to plan lesson content and material before my classes as well as reflections after lessons. Between teaching I was busy with assessments for my co-teachers. On Friday afternoon I held small group sessions with students who need to practice their English presentations. On Monday mornings students would present projects in English to the rest of the school. This would follow up with a Question-and-Answer session. I would then give the students feedback on Monday afternoons and students would reflect on their presentation experience. I would also plan and run small group adult conversation classes for teachers at the school. There was also an English resource room where students were able to play English activity games and to source new English books to read. I would help them to understand what each book is about. Each week there would also be tutorial sessions where I would help students edit English articles that they wrote for the school's English magazine.
Education
PGCE - Rhodes University
In 2011 I studied towards a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). During this year I learnt how to teach classes. This included teaching practicals. I learnt about educational philosophies that enable students to integrate and understand key concepts within their subject areas. I learnt techniques that enable students to become critical thinkers.
BFA in Art History and Visual Culture and Graphics - Rhodes University
In 2010 I graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Art (BFA) from Rhodes University with Distinction. My majors were in Art History and Visual Culture and Graphics Printmaking. I also studied English Literature and Classical Civilisation.
Subjects taught
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English as a foreign Language
I have recently taught students in South Korea who were learning English as a foreign language. I therefore have experience in what these students struggle with and how they can improve and progress. My students made excellent progress whilst I was teaching them.
Daniel teaches English as a foreign Language at High School level(s)
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Mathematics Literacy
I have experience teaching Mathematics Literacy at primary school level. I was able to help my students to understand key concepts at primary school level. Mathematics is a skill needed everyday in order to solve problems and to manage our lives.
Daniel teaches Mathematics Literacy at Primary School level(s)
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History
I am deeply engaged in local and world history. I am continuously interested in the way past history influences our present moments. I advocate that an understanding of the past helps us to shape our present and future moments. I love to teach exercises to integrate and enable historical learning such as timelines and comparative exercises.
Daniel teaches History at High School level(s)
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Vocabulary
I have a very broad English vocabulary as I read continuously and frequently speak to other English teachers and linguists. I strongly promote the use of different parts of English speech and the need for students to use more descriptive language that includes adjectives.
Daniel teaches Vocabulary at High School level(s)
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Writing
I am passionate about English prose, poetry and creative writing. Skilful creative writing enables students to think more creatively and laterally in everyday life. I also teach students to write formal and logical letters and documents. Skills that are required for the workplace.
Daniel teaches Writing at High School level(s)
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Reading
As a voracious reader myself, I am very keen to get my students to read more and to extend their vocabulary and grammar. I help my students read with greater fluency and to emphasise key concepts and phrases in a text. I enable my students to re-read text and teach them how to summarize to gain a better understanding of what they have read. I teach students how to process and internalize what they have read.
Daniel teaches Reading at High School level(s)
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Grammar
English grammar is critical for students progressing in English. Students must be able to construct sentences correctly with the necessary word order so that they show an understanding of the specific theme of the text. Effective communication requires grammatically correct language. This includes spelling too.
Daniel teaches Grammar at High School level(s)
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History of Art
Having studied a degree in Fine Art I have much experience in this subject and content. This included the way the visual world influences us on a daily basis and how students need to become more visually literate in how to read adverts. Fine Art teaches us that there numerous ways of seeing a situation and how important it is to contextualise a visual moment. I have much experience in art theory and how to write effectively in terms of structure and content. I can therefore help students to improve the way that they write specific to an art historical context.
Daniel teaches History of Art at High School level(s)
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English Language and Literature
During school I was successful in grasping the key content for English Language and Literature. I have tutored students in close reading and how to comprehend and analyze language. As a writer myself I understand key concepts within English language use.
Daniel teaches English Language and Literature at High School level(s)