Claire Butler
Research Fellow (AI in Education)
Claire Butler
Claire Butler is a Research Fellow (AI in Education) with The Barker Institute. She holds a Master of Education (Educational Studies) with Excellence from UNSW, where her research focused on effective teacher professional learning. Claire has extensive experience in teaching and educational leadership and most recently served as Head of History at The Scots College. A Modern History and History Extension teacher and HSC Senior Marker, she is a regular contributor to professional journals and has presented at state and national education conferences. Her current research focuses on the impact of artificial intelligence on teaching, learning, assessment, and teacher professional practice.
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Student Use of AI in Assessment
Generative AI is rapidly entering school assessment contexts, particularly in research‑based and take‑home tasks. While students are increasingly permitted to use AI in limited ways, there remains uncertainty about how these tools shape students’ thinking, decision‑making, and learning experience. This study examines how deliberately limiting AI use to “Ideas and …
Redesigning Assessent for Generative AI: The process behind preserving disciplinary thinking and intellectual responsibility in a Year 10 History case study
This article presents a case study that follows the process of two Year 10 History teachers intentionally redesigning an assessment in response to concerns about how AI affects the relationship between assessment products and evidence of learning.
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 …