Curiosity – Mo Tanweer

Albert Einstein once said “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious”.

Mo believes that it is important to go beyond archaic exam syllabuses and content. The real learning and excitement takes place in the mind and beyond, not in textbooks. Intellectual and academic curiosity is the sine qua non of creating brilliant young minds.

Mo focusses on building these skills in schools, amongst both teachers and pupils. He has worked at Berkhamsted School for 5 years as their Academic Enrichment coach and University Advisor. The aim has been to put this philosophy ‘in the water’, and has designed Critical Thinking Accelerators (both 1-day intensive ones and longer 6 weeks ones) for schools such as Dubai College, The Leys School, Stephen Perse School.

The aim of this work to challenge young minds to think differently and constantly be curious about the world they live in. ExponentialMinds.academy was launched off the back of this work.As one parent said, “Mo’s technical preparation is excellent but what is truly amazing was the intellectual and interpersonal confidence that he instilled in our son. He helped to develop a passion and aptitude for critical thinking, logic, problem solving and people skills which helped improve our son’s ambitions and trajectory

He also runs Oxbridge preparation programmes, University Preparation Courses, Introduction to Economics workshops, and has also done a range of INSET lectures to staff on topics such as AI in education. To learn more about the work he does in this area, click here.

Schools he has worked with include: Dubai College; Wellington College; Millfield School; Berkhamsted School; Oakes College; Clifton College; Wolverhampton School; Taunton School; The Leys, Stephen Perse.

Ben Christopher, Head of Economics at Dubai College had this to say: “

Mo has run our Critical Thinking (for Y13s) and Economics at University (for Y12s) courses for 2 years now and our students love the sessions. The idea behind the CT course is to prepare our students for the rigors of the Oxbridge / Ivy League interview process. Mo is absolutely on point with his delivery, his expertise in this area is clear and the sessions are pitch perfect with plenty of challenge for our very brightest students. The proof is in the pudding and our Oxbridge entry stats have improved since we started the course.

The Y12 course is a university bridging course aimed at students thinking of reading economics at undergraduate level. The content ranges from demand and supply functions, indifference curves and consumer preference to introductory econometrics. Again, pitched just right, students have raved about the course. I’m looking forward to more of the same with this year’s Y12 students.“

If you are interested in discussing how Mo may be able to assist you, contact him at M.T@cantab.net.