University Lecturer and Grammar School A level Teacher w/ over 10 years experience. London or remote, offering: tutoring — assignment support — dissertation coaching — navigating academia

Find out more about Dr Noah Gabriel

• 1) When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?

  I left school at age 12, because the learning environment of school got in the way of my own development. However, when I went back to formal education as a mature student and eventually earned my PhD in philosophy, I came to love what school and university has to offer. Now I love helping people navigate the challenges and roadblocks of the education system so that they can make it work for them.

• 2) Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).

  I love philosophical questions, the opportunity to think about the big questions like the meaning of life, and how to be good. It's a privilege to be able to think about these questions that are core to everyone's lives, and to get to know what history's greatest minds had to say about them too.

• 3) Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?

  Because I believe we never stop learning and growing, at 40, I started studying dance. It took a while, but I eventually found a dance teacher, Rick, whose gentle way of leading classes and attention to the finer points of movement never ceases to inspire me.

• 4) What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?

  To be a great tutor, it's important to care about the full person—I want to help you get great grades, but more than that, I want to help you find the way to be the most authentic version of yourself.

• 5) What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?

  Philosophy can be challenging because it's so abstract! That's its power—it allows us to think more broadly than about what happens to be in front of your nose at any moment. However, it can also make it difficult to wrap your head around. I help ease this difficulty by bringing in concrete examples and fun activities to bring abstract ideas down to earth.

• 6) Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?

  My passion is getting to know my clients, understanding what the subject means to them, and how I can help them connect with it more deeply.

• 7) What makes you a Superprof (besides answering these interview questions :-P) ?

  The time I've dedicated to education and to understanding how people learn. Learning is the key to all superpowers, because it can make what seems out of reach attainable!