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Using the rich intellectual resources of the Barker College to facilitate learning and growth through the School and wider community.
The Transformative Power of Teacher-Researchers in Education
My colleague and I are currently preparing to head overseas for several weeks to present at a conference, visit schools, and continue our work in school-based educational research. As a result, I’m finding myself contemplating how, in an increasingly interconnected world, education must navigate complexity, addressing challenges that extend beyond classrooms and national borders.
- 20 March 2025
Reflections on Pop-In Week – a Participant’s Perspective
If at 9am on any given day you took the roofs off all buildings at Barker and peered in, you would bear witness to a veritable hive of activity. Perhaps you would see students scribbling away in silence, or maybe they would be in group discussion. Perhaps you would see them solving algebraic equations, or maybe they would be lighting up a Bunsen burner.
- Mark Lovell
- 17 March 2025
Generation Alpha: Supporting Their Development at School and at Home
The world is witnessing the rise of Generation Alpha, a cohort born between 2010 and 2024. They are, in fact, the focus of the Barker Institute’s ongoing, 10-year, longitudinal study The Barker Journey. According to recent research, they are set to become the largest generation in history, with a global population exceeding 2.1 billion and an anticipated economic footprint of over AUD8.7 trillion by 2029. But beyond their size and economic power, what defines them? And more importantly, how can we, as educators and parents, support their development in a way that equips them for the future?
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 13 March 2025
Year 10 Engagement and Discovery Day - 2025
On Wednesday last week, Year 10 students visited one of 28 Partner Organisations—local charities, social enterprises, and not-for-profits—and spent a day learning about their stories, values, and everyday challenges.
- Mark Lovell
- 05 March 2025
Year 7 Study Habits – An interactive seminar for parents and Year 7 students to attend together
- Tuesday 29 April 2025
- 6:30 - 7:45 pm
- Leslie Hall
Year 7 is an opportunity to develop effective study and learning habits. The Barker Institute will be hosting a workshop bringing parents and students together, that they may be on the same page and pursue study success as a team, using the best available information as a guide.
Avoiding and breaking free from tech-enabled addiction
- Monday 23 June
- 7:00pm - 8:15pm
- Barker College
Two experts in the psychology of tech-enabled addiction share strategies with parents around teen behaviours concerning online gambling, social media, and gaming.
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.