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.
More than a Productivity Tool: Trust, Truth and Human Presence in and AI Age.
Artificial intelligence is often promoted as a tool that will make our lives faster, smarter, and more efficient. Yet beneath the technological excitement lies a deeper question: what is AI doing to our common life?
- Rev Craig Tubman
- 01 September 2026
Young people, learning, and generative AI: A rapid literature review and implications for PreK-12 education
In August 2026 the Barker Institute and the University of Sydney partnered to publish an important academic report. It consisted of a literature review of all available academic evidence regarding GenAI in PreK-12 education. This report, and launch webinar, are now publicly available to educators, policy makers, and parents to ensure we collectively care for our young people in the best possible way.
- Dr Matthew Hill
- 12 August 2026
The 2026 Barker Journey interview process begins
We have reached that point in the year where we start to talk to the cohort of students at the centre of the Barker Journey longitudinal study. The project has entered its eighth year this year, and the group of students we started with back in 2019, when they were in Year 3, are now in Year 10.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 08 August 2026
What Is AI Doing to Us? Friction, worship and the Pursuit of the Good Life.
Most conversations about artificial intelligence focus on what AI can do for us. It can save time, automate tasks, generate content, and remove all kinds of inconvenience from our lives. But perhaps a more important question is this: what is AI doing to us?
- Rev Craig Tubman
- 05 August 2026
Research Agenda 2026-2027
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.