David B. (him, 50 Years)

Bangkok, Thailand

Experienced college and international school chemistry teacher (IB/A-Level/AP).

Bio

I have taught chemistry in the United States, China, Taiwan, and Bangkok at the college level and in nternational schools for 15 years. I have taught IB, A-Level, and AP curricula,... Read more

I have taught chemistry in the United States, China, Taiwan, and Bangkok at the college level and in nternational schools for 15 years. I have taught IB, A-Level, and AP curricula, as well as chemistry and biochemistry at the college level.

I have a Ph.D. in chemistry, and in my teaching I focus on making sure students understand the underlying concepts of the material we are learning. I use scaffolding techniques and teaching-by-analogy, which allows students to ground new concepts in experiences they already understand.

Almost all of my teaching experience has been with second-language learners of English, and so I've developed approaches to help students understand complex concepts in simple language.

I have taught physics in the past, as well as biochemistry, and so I can help students contextualize their chemistry content into a broader understanding of physical and life sciences. Read less

Teaching methodology

Concept-based learning; Teaching by tangents; Analogy-based learning.

I use frequent exampls and different points of view to help students visualize concepts and problems in lan... Read more

Concept-based learning; Teaching by tangents; Analogy-based learning.

I use frequent exampls and different points of view to help students visualize concepts and problems in language and understanding that is familiary to them. This is broadly categorized as scaffolding, where a new concept is taught off the understanding of an old concept. But, I try to use real-world ideas to teach new concepts, which helps students ground the understanding more thoroughly in their experience. Read less

• ฿1500

  Local Hourly rate

• $40

  Online Hourly rate