Sascha

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Sascha is a university lecturer and longtime humanities educator who has taught history, politics, and related subjects at both high school and university levels. They help older teens and adults work on coursework, papers, and long-term projects in history, political science, and cultural studies. Sascha’s teaching is highly student-centered: they listen closely to what a learner cares about, then help them refine their questions, research effectively, and build clear, compelling arguments. Sessions often focus on planning and structuring essays, finding and evaluating sources, and practicing writing in a way that reflects a student’s own voice. Sascha has lived experience with late-diagnosed ADHD and is especially attuned to the needs of neurodivergent and twice-exceptional students, including those navigating burnout or perfectionism. They offer both academic expertise and practical strategies for getting big projects done.

Monday 7am-11am and 1pm-6 pm Eastern Standard Time
Tuesday 7am-11am and 1pm-6 pm Eastern Standard Time
Wednesday 7am-11am and 1pm-6 pm Eastern Standard Time
Thursday 7am-11am Eastern Standard Time
Friday 7am-11am and 1pm-6 pm Eastern Standard Time
Saturday 7am-11am Eastern Standard Time
Sunday: No availability

I see every student as an individual and focus on the next step a student has to take in her or his professional development. I teach skills, the skills that sutdents need to get their BAs, MAs or write their PhD theses.

I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Louisville. I have got an earned PhD ("Das Gedächtnis der Reichsstadt") and MA from the University of Göttingen (published as "Mehr Angst vor dem Offizer...?"), cradle of modern historical scholarship. Both theses were published and received excellent evaluations in leading academic review journals.

20+ years of teaching experience across several countries and academic systems (Senior Lecturer [PTL] University of Louisville, Quality Leadership University Panama City, Lecturer: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Helmut Schmidt Universität der Bundeswehr / Federal Army) with excellent evaluations, including two "Student Champion" awards from the University of Louisville. 10 years experience as Memorial-Museum Director in Germany, extensive experience working with universities and schools. Mentoring of several BA, MA and PhD theses.

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Sascha
$255.00 USD

Subject Expertise

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Ancient History
Ancient History
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking
History
History
Latin American History
Latin American History
Public Speaking
Public Speaking
US History
US History
World History
World History

My mission

Higher education is in a deep crisis, students face classrooms with up to 500 (!) participants, AI is taking over on both sides of the ecucational barricade and we often face the absurd situation that AI generated assignments are answered by AI genrated papers graded by AI. There is nearly no space for individual learning and expecially undergraduate courses are a social-darwinist jungle. I want to bring back the true excitement of individual learning and individual growth and teach skills you can use far beyond the reach of historiography.

My Story

I simply love teaching, I offered my first university tutorial as a young student in my first semester teaching other students to speak in front of large audiences. The success was rewareded with a row of A+s for the students htat had taken part in the tutorial.

Cognitive Diversity

How I adapt to students with diverse intellectual needs.

I have extensive experience with teaching ADHD children and young adults. When teaching students with ADHD, you have to talk in short sentences, don't talk too much, be very precise, be aware that ADHD in adults has often created a long and sad history of being ostracized, bullied and told that you are not intelligent. This has to be combated and students have to be given back the self-confidence, they deserve to have.
It is most important to help the students focus as their minds flip from one idea to the other.
I also have experience with "detoxing from AI". Students used to using ChatGPT for their papers are brought back to the fascinating experience of developing their own ideas and writing fascinating texts. The method is very simple - a strict ban on an AI and training the skills they need to read, organized and write on their own.

I taught many students with ADHD, the most important thing is to develop a clear understanding of the task ahead, be very brief in my comments (long explanations are counterproductive), find out what is interesting for the student and how to make boring tasks interesting. Be very close and monitor every step. Use breaks after the termination of clearly-defined tasks.

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