Calum O’Rourke

I have been involved in private tutoring for the past 6 years, while studying Maths and Physics at Durham University and since graduating with a master’s in 2019. Alongside having worked as a private and residential tutor, I work as a subject specialist for Studiosity Ltd. as a Maths and Physics Specialist. Besides physics and maths, I also am a linguist, teaching Spanish and German.

My style is very adaptive to the student, however I prefer teaching a more in-depth understanding of the material taught on the course. I have always had an interest for the more abstract areas of mathematics and science, and find the focus in schools all too often fails to capture the significance and intuitiveness of the materials taught.

Though it saves time in school not to explore the materials this way, this understanding is key in students who attain the highest grades – think how more effortless it is looking down at the landscape from above, than finding your way through the ideas at ground level.

In reality, practice and hard work from the student is always necessary. To this end, most of my tutor sessions structure around worked examples, but rapidly segue into deeper concepts as they arise; having the student explain their understanding of specific problems is an efficient way to pinpoint areas that need deep, encouraged thought on the part of the student.