Recent Publications
A Year in Review: The Barker Institute in 2025
Innovation was a theme for the Barker Institute in 2025, with a particular goal to meet the evolving needs of various stakeholders. The first example of this is the birth …
- Dr Matthew Hill
- 2025
The Barker Journey – Year 9 2025 Deepening Student Flourishing through Community, Integrated Experience, and Responsibility
For the seventh consecutive year the Barker Journey has followed a group of students on their educational journey. Reporting on 2025, this article shares the experiences of Year 9 students …
- Dr Timothy Scott, Dr Matthew Hill, Ms Susan Layton
- 2025
Language and Access: Reflections on using AI to Enable Translanguaging for Refugee Students in the History Classroom
Generative AI is a powerful tool in enabling a translanguaging pedagogy in a multilingual History classroom for refugee-background students. One of a pair from this volume that reflects on practice …
- Dr Timothy Scott
- 2025
Self-directed Learning Using AI: An Expanded Case Study of an Italian Learning Journey
This single case study evaluates the effectiveness of a large language model (LLM) tutor (ChatGPT) for self -directed learning in a secondary school context. The learner (Andy) intentionally adopted the …
- Dr Andrew Mifsud
- 2025
AI in Action: Practical Tools for Teachers with examples from Health and Movement Science
Teachers face many challenges including balancing curriculum coverage, assessment demands and diverse learner needs within limited time. AI is not a substitute for teaching; rather, this article demonstrates how it …
- Sarah Clifton
- 2025