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With the Oxford Center for Maritime Archaeology, Mike helped uncover the sunken city of Heracleion-Thonis in Egypt.
About Me
I'm a scientist, English teacher, and historian. Archaeology is a great field of study that allows for trajectories in all of these directions. It's also allowed me to travel the globe and absorb a variety of cultures. I now live in Florida.
Experience
While I do research archaeology with the best of the best, I was an ESL teacher in the US and Japan for over two decades. During the pandemic, I halted my research at Oxford and tutored all social studies subjects at the Middle and High School levels for over a year in northern California. I have just finished writing up my doctoral thesis on the archaeology of Japanese feudal ports in both Japan and Florida. I have helped students individually since the 1980s and am good at what I do.
Approach
Having both taught Social Studies and English, I am happy to say that I have reaped rewarding results on all fronts for my students. Most of these positive results have tended to materialize from both in-class emotive response and achievement to actual post-course motivation in the students’ further pursuit of knowledge and reasoning, basically through tweaking their curiosity. The moment that one of my students stood up to talk with me after class and confided in me his wish to become a maritime
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Modern Languages and TEFL at Essex
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Archaeology at Oxford
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Japanese Maritime Archaeology at Oxford
PhdArts Tutoring
A large part of my Oxford Archaeology degrees were art history.
Anatomy Physiology I Tutoring
I learned osteology and paleopathology under Prof Jo Appleby of Leicester University. She found Richard III's skeletal remains in 2012.
Biology I Tutoring
While I have extensive biology study at every level of my education, I also work with birds of prey and have helped rehab redtail hawks.
English Tutoring
I have taught English in Japan, England and the US for over three decades.
Geography Tutoring
I taught Geography at Headlands Preparatory School in Sausalito CA.
Geology Tutoring
Geological profiling plays a large part in my major, Archaeology.
History Tutoring
Historical Archaeology is my focus within the field of study I majored in.
Latin Tutoring
Oxford does require a fair command of Latin. In Archaeology, it is the language of most Oxonians.
Sociology Tutoring
I taught Sociology at Headlands Prep in Sausalito CA.
Psychology Tutoring
My first major was Psychology at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Writing Tutoring
I have taught writing in both English and ESL contexts for over three decades.
Chinese Tutoring
I studied Chinese (Mandarin) for one year and spent a summer abroad in China.
Political Science Tutoring
I was the Education Director of YCAPS (Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies) from 2019-2020.
Environmental Science Tutoring
Archaeology falls under Environmental Science.
Japanese Tutoring
I lived and researched Japan for over three decades and taught Japanese in the Oxford University Japan Society 2014-2019.
German Tutoring
I taught Middle School German in 2021. I took German in High School and College.
International Studies Tutoring
I was the Education Director of YCAPS (Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies) from 2019-2020.
Philosophy Tutoring
Philosophy and Social Theory is a large part of Archaeological studies in college.
Macro Economics Tutoring
I taught Economics in Headlands Preparatory School in Sausalito CA.
Micro-Economics Tutoring
I taught Economics in Headlands Preparatory School in Sausalito CA.
ESL Tutoring
I have a degree in TEFL and a Masters in ELT from Essex University and have taught ESL for over three decades in Japan, the US and the UK.
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