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#032 [GTN Awareness Week] Unpacking Homes Schooling (& Maths) with Barry Gelston

#032 [GTN Awareness Week] Unpacking Homes Schooling (& Maths) with Barry Gelston

FromOur Gifted Kids Podcast


#032 [GTN Awareness Week] Unpacking Homes Schooling (& Maths) with Barry Gelston

FromOur Gifted Kids Podcast

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We dive into home-schooling (& maths!) with GHF's (Gifted Home schoolers Forum) president (and founder of Mr Gelston's One Room School House), Barry Gelston, as a part of our 5 PODCASTS over 5 DAYS for Gifted Talented Neurodiversity Awareness Week! Woo! Barry teaches gifted & 2e students maths so we didn't miss the chance to talk about that too! Check out our 5 PODCASTS over 5 DAYS for GTN Awareness Week and all the FREE events on this week! Hit play and let’s get started! Memorable Quote "Having these conversations and speaking to all of us is letting other people know that they're not alone and that they can hear their stories in other people's conversations and knowing that they can be okay. There is a way to make it through."- Barry Gelston. Resources The G Word Gifted Talented Neurodiverse Awareness Week GHF Learners Mr Gelston’s One Room School House BIO Barry Gelston, M.Ed. is the Board President of GHF whose mission is to empower every gifted family to make strategic, proactive, and intentional educational choices. Currently, Mr. Gelston is a Doctoral student at Bridges Graduate School of Cognitive Diversity in Education whose focus is on supporting gifted and 2e families. Barry holds a Masters’ Degree in Education from Cambridge College focused on Middle School Mathematics Education and has also completed graduate level coursework in Research, Measurement, and Quantitative Analysis in Behavioral and Educational Sciences at Southern Connecticut State University. Professionally, Mr. Gelston is a private math teacher who works with Gifted & 2e homeschool students who struggle with learning math in traditional settings. His practice supports families from around the world, working online in zoom and using other online assistive technology. After spending 10 years working exclusively teaching math to Gifted and 2e learners, Mr. Gelston has focused solely on the needs of this community. In addition to using core math education tools taking a constructivist approach, his focus has been on allowing 2e learners the space to learn. Subscribe & Review If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about your biggest takeaway in the comments. For more episodes, you can subscribe and to help others find our podcast please leave a review. You can find show notes and more resources at www.ourgiftedkids.com See you in the same place next week. Connect Connect with me on LinkedIn Instagram & Facebook!
Released:
Oct 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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