Steve Vorster

About

Education and Teaching Experience

• Steve gained a Business Economics Degree from the University of Port Elizabeth where he studied in a second language. This was followed by a PGCE from Exeter University and he is working on a Masters in Education from the University of Bath. He has taught a wide variety of Economics and Business exam boards, both in the UK and internationally (Singapore and Eastern Europe). He has held several positions of responsibility including Head of Economics and Assistant Head of Sixth Form

Student and Teacher Success

• Steve has had students achieve full marks for every Economics syllabus he has taught, except for the IBDP (which also came very close!). He loves to help students of all abilities to raise their attainment and his added value scores have always been between 1 to 2.2 grades higher than expected. Steve has run numerous teacher training workshops with a wide focus, including subject specific components (e.g. Internal Assessment), teaching and learning strategies (e.g. Hattie’s Visible Influences), and improving student engagement.

Examining Experience

• Steve is an IBDP Economic examiner for Paper 2 and for many years has examined all IBDP components, including the internal assessment.

Published Work

• Steve was a co-author on the Kognity IGCSE Economics textbook and subsequently edited the entire book. Summaries of several workshops he ran have been published and are available online.