Freelance researcher, editor and Consultant
JMStrauss Consulting
Total des années d'expérience :12 years, 4 Mois
Providing research feedback on Disaster Risk Management Practices within the Western Cape Province South Africa, providing quality English and document editing as required by Government Standards, and elaborating on Karoo Fracking Practices and related Disaster Risks.
Providing comprehensive Geography and South African History Classes to students between grade 8 and 10 (14 to 23 age group), providing culture sensitive lessons relevant to History topics, training students to effectively study for exams, compiling and providing grade/level appropriate exams, assignments, and class activities, compiling and completing formal assessment goals as required by Department of Education, providing assessment feedback on assignments within required time scope, compiling comprehensive lesson plans for each subject and class based on required standards.
Assistance for Fire Hazard Training and Mitigation in the Northwest Province, teaching Honors level Graduate Student in Environmental Sciences and Disaster Management, facilitating extra classes to enable effective exam preparations, navigating intercultural differences effectively during classes.
Training students in the art of doing academic research and acquiring relevant research information for their various subject fields. Training students how to use search engines effectively and how to use the acquired research information appropriately.
Conducting fieldwork research in grazing areas by extracting soil samples, conducting analysis of soil samples, responsible for effective and safe use of Hydraulic Penetrometer for sludge dam sampling, training first year students in Practical Soil Science Skills, providing data analysis of soil samples, drawing up maps relevant to data analyses, providing practical assignment feedback to first year students, facilitating extra classes in Soil Science and Environmental Science, navigating intercultural differences during practical classes.
Subjects: Advanced Development Communication Theories; Applied Project Management; Disaster Risk Management; Disaster Risk Reduction; Research Methodology; Sustainable Development: Theoretical Orientation; Thesis topic - “Disaster risk due to fracking in the fragile ecosystems of the Nama Karoo: A Disaster Risk Management Perspective”.
Subjects: Designing Age Appropriate Activities; Developing Auditory Skills; Teaching Phonics to Kids; Teaching Methods; Effective Language Teaching; Teaching Children to Read; Child Literacy; Class Discipline Tactics; Components of Reading; Adjusting and Respecting Cultural Differences in Class Situations; Grade or English Level Awareness; Teaching English Grammar; Developing Listening and Writing skills.
Subjects: Geological Mapping; Metamorphic petrology; Igneous petrology; Thermodynamics; Rock analysis with field samples and thin sections; Sedimentology; Geohydrology; Engineering geology; Geophysics; Climatology; Synoptic Maps; Intro to GIS; Sociological Geography; Environmental Geography; Urban Geography; Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Physics; Science Methodology; Soil Science.
Subjects: Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation; Leadership for Good Governance; Program and Project Management; Resilience and Vulnerability; Research Methodology; Strategic planning and management; Honors paper in Role of small-scale irrigation systems in increasing household food security in Malawi.
Subjects: Physical Science, Geography, Technology, Social Science and Natural Science.