Head of Faculty-Mathematics and Computer Science; Teacher of Mathematics
MSc Computer Science from the University of Wales, Swansea,
BSc Mathematics from the University of York
PGCE from the University of Wales, Cardiff
Mr. Mathew Thomas moved to China in 2003 after 10 years teaching A Levels and GCSE in the UK. Since then I have worked in several Chinese cities, most recently for seven years as Centre Principal at Hangzhou Foreign Languages School Cambridge A Level Centre.
Head of Subject-AL Mathematics, Teacher of Mathematics
Assistant to HOD, BSc Mathematics of Huazhong Normal University
Alpha has been teaching A-level Statistic, Additional Mathematics and A-Level Pure Mathematics for many years.
Head of Subject-Further Mathematics, Teacher of Mathematics
MA (merit), Educational leadership and Management, University of Nottingham
MSc, Finance, Sun Yat-sen University
BSc, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Guangxi University For Nationalities
PGCEi, University of Nottingham
Teacher’s Qualification Certificate of China
Head of Subject-GL Mathematics, Teacher of Mathematics
BSc(Honors), University of Delhi
Bachelor’s degree in education, Annamalai University
Advanced school leadership certification, NESLI Australia
With 20 plus years of experience, Ms. Kaur has been teaching IGCSE and AS Mathematics in China since 2007. She has headed Mathematics department for six years prior to joining SCIE.
Teacher of Mathematics
PGCE in secondary Mathematics and BSc in Mathematics both from King’s College London
Over ten years experience teaching IGCSE, A Level and IB Mathematics in China and South Korea
Teacher of Mathematics
Bachelor of Civil Engineering & MSc, the National University of Ireland
Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Warwick University
Mr. Madden has taught Mathematics in the U.K., Kuwait, and China.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSc Mathematics of Central China Normal University
Mathematics Teacher (YanHua School Of Beijing Normal University) 1996.7-2003.7 Training from CIE (2008)
Henry has been teaching A-level Maths(Mechanics) and IGCSE Mathematics for ten years and Further Maths(Mechanics) for one year. He is interested in Mathematics very much and enjoys computers.
Teacher of Mathematics
Master’s in Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
PGCE in Secondary Mathematics, University of Sunderland, UK
Barbara has 7 years of experience in teaching Maths in English secondary schools. She also taught Mathematics for the University of Kent for 2 years. Before moving to the UK, Barbara taught Computer Science for 1 year in Italy, where she worked as a software engineer for 10 years, 3 of which spent working as an Officer for the Italian Military Navy.
Teacher of Mathematics
Economics Master of Harbin Commercial University
Jane has been teaching A-level mathematics about 10 years and further Statistics for 5 years.
Head of Year-G2, Teacher of Mathematics
BSc Mathematics of Huazhong Normal University
Summer has many years experience in IGCSE and AS Pure Maths.
Teacher of Mathematics
M.S in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics of Northwestern University US
B.A in Mathematics of University of Cambridge UK
Yvette joined SCIE in 2016.
Teacher of Mathematics
QTS Secondary Mathematics, Buckingham University
PGCE Secondary Mathematics, Buckingham University
MA in Applied Linguistics, University of Essex
Bachelor in Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Ting Kang has over 10 years’ teaching experience. She taught A-Level and GCSE mathematics in one of Cognita Schools in Colchester, the UK and an international school in China.
Master of Education, The University of Hong Kong
PGCE (International), The University of Nottingham
Bachelor of Science , University of Bath
She has worked as a mathematics teacher at international schools and educational institutions in China for 4 years.
Teacher of Mathematics
BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Algiers, Algeria.
17 years experience teaching mathematics in the United States, Kazakhstan and China.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSc Mathematics, University of Sheffield
PGCE, University of Birmingham
Mark has been teaching GCSE and A-level Mathematics for 33 years and still loves the subject, particularly Further Maths. Most of his teaching career has been spent in Birmingham, UK, but the last seven years have seen stints in Abu Dhabi, Almaty and, most recently, Qingdao.
Teacher of Mathematics
PGCE secondary mathematics, University of Sheffield
BSc in Mathematics, University of Warwick
Jian Zhong has been teaching GCSE and A-level mathematics for over 9 years at schools in the UK, Spain as well as in China.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSc (Hons) Mathematics, University of Manchester
PGCE Secondary Mathematics, University of Manchester
Ryan has been teaching since 2015. He has taught in high schools and sixth form colleges in the Northwest of England. He has experience of teaching Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Computer Science at A Level.
Teacher of Mathematics
Master of Professional Engineering, Power Engineering, University of Sydney
BEng, Thermal energy and power engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Melissa has taught IGCSE & A-level Mathematics at international school in China.
Teacher of Mathematics
M.Sc in Mathematics for Educators, National Institute of Education, Singapore
B.A in Banking & Finance, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mr Bill Wang Zhuo has worked as Mathematics teacher specialized in A Level curriculum for more than 10 years in Singapore and China. Before joining SCIE, he worked at Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) for Maths and Economics related teaching.
Teacher of Mathematics
MSc Data Science, The University of Edinburgh
BSc Statistics, Economics and Finance, University College London
Xianya has taught IGCSE & A-level Mathematics at international schools and educational institutions in Shenzhen.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSs Maths/Computer Science University of Aston UK
PGCE South Bank University London
I have been teaching both GCSE, A Level Pure and Applied Maths for over 20 years in the UK and have also had a spell teaching in Dubai as well. I have thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of School life helping to develop the Maths curriculum and helping out with extra curricular activities.
Teacher of Mathematics
BEd Mathematics and Informatics, Qafqaz University
PGCE (International), University of Nottingham
She has been teaching IGSCE and A level mathematics for more than 5 years prior to joining SCIE.
Teacher of Mathematics
MEng in Chemical Engineering, University of Bath
USA Certified Mathematics (Grade 7 -12) Teacher
She has extensive teaching experience in the field of mathematics teaching. She has been teaching IGSCE and A level mathematics for 3 years prior to joining SCIE.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSc in Mathematics, the University of Hong Kong
Teacher of Mathematics
Master of Arts in Mental Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
PGCE in Mathematics, University of Brighton
Mr. Daniel Carr has worked in three different schools in the United Kingdom, and over 10 years of teaching experience since 2011.
Teacher of Mathematics
Master Degree in Computer Science and Security at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.
PGCE in Mathematics, University of Barcelona, Spain
United Kingdom Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Mr. Soniran has over 20 years teaching experience working with students in the UK, Spain, Qatar and Nigeria.
Teacher of Mathematics
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Computing, The Open University
PGCE Secondary Mathematics, University of Brighton
Mr Tamás Hegyesi moved to China after teaching in several international schools in Russia and Malaysia. He also spent 5 years in the UK teaching mainly GCSE, A-Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics.
ECT-Mathematics
Bachelor of Applied Science – Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada
Master of Educational Technology, University of British Columbia, Canada
Previously worked at a well-known international school in Beijing, accumulating three years of experience in teaching international curricula.
Taught various curriculum systems including A-Level, DSE, WACE, AP.
Passionate about curriculum design research, skilled in using differentiated instruction and project-based learning methods during the teaching process.
Received the Most Popular Teacher and Outstanding Teacher awards for two years.
My essay is on the recent development of China’s mental health care system and how it can help address this question. Though, I actually parried the question raised by the prompt, and I did not in the end emphasise too much that more care should be devoted to the socially vulnerable. Rather, I intended to underscore the complexity and ambiguity in any employment of these two notions — “socially vulnerable” and “responsibility” — in the concrete working of society. Through my study I discovered that the train of legislative efforts made in the 1980s to 2000s to legally recognise, to enhance public knowledge of, and to erect new asylums for, “the mentally ill,” in fact coincided spatiotemporally with government efforts in putting new agendas of foreign policies and city development to work. Thus, the recent development of China’s mental health care, from scratch to full maturity, is not solely the consequence of “humanitarian effort,” but also of some other ulterior motives. In my conclusion, I hinted that any answer to this question would entail empirical investigation into the concrete working of social institutions, and depending on the nature of this “socially vulnerable” group, claims of “responsibility” may be leveraged as veils for other purposes.
Before starting my research I did not by then have a well-formed hypothesis, but I did have Michel Foucault’s intriguing study on madness in mind. Due to the rather peculiar nature of the object of my study, I was not able to apply the sociological theories (Marxism, Functionalism, e.g.) I learnt in class to my own research. I must thank my sociology teacher for his encouragement and provision of many textbook resources and classical studies done in the field of mental health care. In addition to that, he prepared a statement of the school for my application to conduct short interviews at a local mental health hospital — this application, however, though quite expectedly, sank into oblivion — without his help this project would be very difficult.
I made a documentary “The Definition” about the situation of elderly in Shenzhen to enter this competition. As I have some previous knowledge in filmmaking, learning from TBU studio, I though it would be meaningful if I combined my filmmaking skills with sociology knowledge. In the meanwhile, after learning the very first chapter of sociology, The Family, I found out that the situation of elderly in the UK is different from that of elderly in Shenzhen. For instance, elderly have the responsibility taking care of their grandchildren and dance in the park for entertainment is distinctive in China. Therefore, I decided to make a documentary to record the interesting culture.
I learnt a lot during the preparation for the competition. I learned a lot about how to carry out an individual primary research when I was filming “The Definition”, which helps a lot in my current sociology study. Also, I understood sociology theories better. For instance, postmodernism used to be only a vague theoretical perspective for me, yet it amazed me knowing that elderly people participate actively in public activities can be considered as view of postmodernism.
Most importantly, I realized filmmaking can make some impacts on people, portraying problems of society. Experience of BSA opened my eyes and led me rethink about my future major in college. I want use my skills and knowledge to help more people, so I will probably try a major with humanity and filmmaking combined instead of pursuing the dream of being an artist alone.
Learning sociology gives me a new perspective in seeing how the world works, and it also lets me care more about the vulnerability in the society. Thank you to my sociology teacher, Richard Driscoll, who gave me lots of inspiration such as filming the dancing in the park, which is interesting to British people, and recommenced lots of sociological books about the elderly.
By listening to his advice, “The Definition” eventually divides into two parts: one is about the elderly in nursing home and the other is about people dancing in the park. Also, there is many interviews in the documentary to give a more well-rounded perspective.
I would like to thank my Math teacher Michael Jin and my friend Franchaska, who helped me with the voice over. Also, thanks to my family members, especially my dear grandmother, who gave me lots of insights related to the issue of elderly.
I made this documentary just before the deadline, thus it’s not so perfect. I’ll probably elaborate some shots and reedit it in the future.
If you are interested, you can click the link below and watch it.
Teng Xun Video:https://v.qq.com/x/page/u0862usad2v.html
Bilibili:https://www.bilibili.com/video/av38188271?from=search&seid=10452775157822232568