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.
Effective Character Education
Character education is more than the provision of an a well-intentioned, resourced, researched opportunities and programs targeting values, it involves a journey of becoming, where students learn to make wise moral decisions, think critically, live in harmony with others and be successful in challenges of life.
- Peter Gibson
- 18 August 2023
Character Education
The understanding of what character education is has changed over time and continues to change as schools ask questions about how they may educate their students to ‘learn to know the good, love the good and do the good’ (The Jubilee Centre for Character & Virtue, 2022, p. 6).
- Peter Gibson
- 22 June 2023
Barker Institute Events, Term 2, 2023
Parents, students, teachers, and the wider community are warmly welcomed to our events. Five Barker Institute events were held in Term 2, 2023.
- Dr Matthew Hill
- 08 June 2023
Barker Big Start Webinar - Year 12 2024 Students and Parents
- Wednesday 11 October
- 7:00-8:00 PM
- Online Webinar
Following the student retreat on Monday 9 and Tuesday 10 October, a webinar will be held for commencing Year 12 student and parents to view together. Key information for the final year of schooling will be presented allowing families to plan effectively and be well prepared for the coming journey.
Science Extension Public Lectures & Showcase
- Monday 23 October
- 6:00 - 8:15pm
- Barker College
New and improved for 2023. Free public lectures on the Science Extension Course with Poster Session. Come for revision for the HSC exam two days later, come for profesisonal development, come as you begin your Science Extension journey!
Research Agenda 2022-2023
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.