Barbara Vokatis
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I am an educator with international teaching experience, keynote speaker, award-winning author, therapy dog partner, and parent to a neurodivergent teen. Currently, I am a professor at SUNY Oneonta, in Upstate New York. I teach literacy courses to both future and current teachers. As a researcher, I study learning in innovative courses, innovative inquiry spaces for children, and my innovative dog therapy lab in a local elementary school. Speaking about teaching innovation, especially in Animal-Assisted Education, is my passion. In addition, I am also an author of books in this area (“Teachers and Therapy Dog Teams: Innovative Collaborations to Make a Difference for Children”) and a children’s book (“Carmel Goes to School”) with the therapy dog theme.
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What is So Special About Self-Efficacy in Education?
"Providing opportunities to succeed is the best way to enhance self-efficacy. Every time the learner has a chance to be successful, self-efficacy increases." ...
Can We Help All Struggling Children in the Early Stages of Education?
"The most important aspect of improving education for struggling children might be allowing children to experience learning differently." ...
What is the Secret Power of Therapy Animals in Education?
"How can we change school and classroom communities to help everybody see a child who engages in a conversation in different ways as not weird but resourceful and accessing the repertoire of their possibilities and creativity to make new friends, even if these ways of making new friends seem to be nonlinear and unconventional?" ...