Frederik Alexandru

Hello,
To whom it may concern,

The general experience I aim to give my students is a calm and conversational approach to teaching. This way, in talking about everything we do, nothing can be missed if there is a lack of understanding. A lot of the time people within a larger class, even if encouraged, do not ask questions or do not find it interacting to sit and listen to a teacher writing down too much information all at once.
I aim to sit and speak (writing of course is included) so that I can aid any student to form an understanding of their own. Such that without help (as it would be in the real world) they can figure something out using previously acquired knowledge. It is a way of teaching that promotes intuition with information.
This approach lets me define which way it is best for someone to understand something. It may be, for instance, that a student does not have a developed imagination and from words alone cannot form a mental picture. In that case, conversational aspects become less effective and we circumvent the problem by other means; using diagrams (more visual), trying some basic experiments (more hands on) or any combination of the three.
At a deeper level, this skill of being able to associate small pieces of knowledge with things you see every day, becomes an extremely powerful tool that extends far beyond physics. In the hierarchy of learning, the way you think precedes what you think and equally, the way you understand precedes what you understand. This is often overlooked. In this way, what has been learnt in the 'classroom' can be directly observed in the real world and correlated with what has been previously learned; this becomes a strong encouraging factor the next time new content is introduced. The ability to correctly analyse and evaluate day to day life with both intuition and information combined becomes a strong source of confidence in attacking future problems.

What I aim to teach as content is anything in Physics concerning A-level or below.
I will also teach some core concepts of maths (if needed) as it heavily overlaps with some areas of physics that require calculations for exams. I am well versed in maths, as it was and is a very large requirement in my current study.

My own experience comes from doing A-level in physics (and maths) myself and using that in areas of my current engineering degree. On top of that I took a fascination to it beyond this level and have read a great deal on astro- and quantum- physics which, despite being more of a hobby, has helped me and others to intuitively think about things that otherwise have no 'proper' picture or answer, the universe at scales both large and small.

I hope to be of great help and to speak to you soon.

All the best,
Mr Frederik Alexandru (Fred)