Evidence-based learning.
Close-to-practice research.
Using the rich intellectual resources of the Barker College to facilitate learning and growth through the School and wider community.
The Barker Journey 2025 – What to expect?
Each year, The Barker Journey provides a unique window into the experiences of our students as they move through school, capturing their voices and insights at each stage. Since beginning in 2019, the project has followed the same group of students from Year 3 into early adolescence, building a remarkable picture of what it means to grow up and learn in today’s world.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 11 November 2025
The Role of Character in Student Success
Character Education empowers students to pair talent with integrity, resilience, and purpose. Through programs like Barker’s Character & Enterprise program, we equip learners not just to achieve, but to lead with empathy and confidence—an ace up their sleeve for life.
- Annelise Woo Ruiz
- 05 November 2025
Continuing the balancing act: AI and education in ongoing conversation
The importance of teachers and students engaging critically with AI is already well understood in schools. It is the starting point for any conversation about AI in education, even if only tacitly acknowledged. Our recent PD conference began from this shared understanding and then pressed us to go further: what does it look like to equip students to use AI as a tool for learning, while preserving independent thought and academic integrity?
- 30 September 2025
From Clinic to Classroom – My First Year of Teaching
After eight years at Barker (and a two-year stint at an international school in Singapore) I’ve spent much of my time as a School Nurse observing the craft of teaching from the sidelines.
- Lisa Chalmers
- 24 September 2025
Research Agenda 2024-2025
Our annually published document identifies high-level priority domains bringing together our rich intellectual resources to facilitate learning and growth throughout the school, and the local and global community.