Exploring the Impact of AI on Student Cognitive Processes: Year 10 History Research Project
This term, the Barker Institute has been working with the History Department on a classroom embedded research project investigating the impact of generative artificial intelligence on student thinking, research skills, and students’ perceptions of their own learning.
- Claire Butler
- 31 March 2026
Assessing literature on the impact of generative AI on young minds – watch this space!
Each week someone in our research team posts a new article about the impact of AI in education for review and discussion. Academia is catching up to this new phenomenon that’s revolutionising schools, and rewiring the modern brain.
- Dr Matthew Hill
- 31 March 2026
Augment, Not Replace: Reframing AI’s Place in the Classroom
There is a growing sense that artificial intelligence is reshaping the conditions under which students learn. Yet, amid the excitement surrounding its capabilities, a more fundamental question remains: what is happening to students’ thinking in the process? A recent report by Lodge and Loble provides a timely opportunity to pause and consider this question more carefully, shifting attention away from the novelty of the technology and towards the cognitive work that sits at the heart of learning.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 18 March 2026
Keen Kid or Cognitive Innovator?
Earlier this week, my Year 8 History class was practising paragraph writing in preparation for an upcoming assessment. As I moved about the room, a student asked me to review a response he’d written for homework. It was excellent, but it addressed a question I hadn't set or asked him to complete.
- Claire Butler
- 04 March 2026
International Mother Language Day
Saturday was International Mother Language Day. Established by UNESCO in 1999 and formally recognised by the UN General Assembly in 2008, International Mother Language Day promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. For UNESCO, such awareness contributes to global citizenship, enabling learners to play an active role in both local and global arenas as they address shared challenges and work towards a more just, peaceful, tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable world.
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 24 February 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.