Peter

I am a recently retired history lecturer and a former principal examiner for Edexcel 'A' Level history. Prior to working in higher education, I worked for 20 years as a history teacher in a Kent grammar school. I can offer tutoring in history at all levels from Key Stage 3 to undergraduate.

Tutoring Experience

I taught for 20 years in a Kent grammar school and then moved on to higher education, lecturing in modern British history at the University of Kent. I have extensive experience teaching GCSE and A level history as well as delivering, supervising and examining undergraduate and postgraduate history qualifications. In addition to this, I worked for a number of years as an examiner for GCSE history and a principal examiner for A level history; this latter role invovled setting the A level papers and drawing up the mark schemes.

Tutoring Approach

History, no matter what the level of study, should be engaging and exciting. The best way to gain an understanding of a historical topic is to engage critically with the past. This means active learning; exploring written and visual sources, both primary and secondary; asking questions of the material; drawing inferences; critiquing conflicting interpretations. These are the skills that bring history alive, that exam boards are looking for, and that guarantee the study of the subject is both enjoyable and successful.