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Looking back on 2022

...e only four years into the ten-year project, 2022 marks the end of the Junior School component of The Barker Journey study....

A New Year. New Possibilities. New Artificial Intelligence.

... enjoyed meeting new students and am enormously impressed by their capacity to manage the changes in their lives. Feeling the School’s life return after a break is one of the many delights of my role.The Barker Journey...

Science Research Conference 2025

...allenges students to move beyond learning about Science, and instead, to become Scientists. This is most clearly on display as part of Barker’s unique approach to the Year 12 Science Extension course.The Barker Journey...

Memorable Moments for Year 6

...What is most memorable for Year 6 as they come towards an end of their Barker Junior School Journey?The Barker Journey...

Journal Launch - Learning in Practice: The Barker Institute Journal (2023)

... week we are proud to launch the 2023 edition of the Barker Institute Journal, Learning in Practice. The full journal and individual articles are now available online on the Barker Institute website .The Barker Journey...

The results are in for the Barker Journey 2022 - Year 6

...Two big weeks of data collection for The Barker Journey project...

Table of Contents - Learning in Practice - Volume 7 Number 1 (2023)

... week we are proud to launch the 2023 edition of the Barker Institute Journal, Learning in Practice. The full journal and individual articles are now available online on the Barker Institute website .The Barker Journey...

Untangling You & Gratitude - Dr Kerry Howells

...How to improve mental health with an "attitude of gratitude"The Barker Journey...

Barker Institute Events for Semester 1, 2023

...h the community launch of the Lift@Barker project. Parents, students, teachers, and the wider community are warmly welcomed to our events. More events for Term 2 and Semester 2 will be announced soon.The Barker Journey...

Ag After Dark – The business journey of Vegepod

...An event to hear about the business and science of VegepodsThe Barker Journey...

Meet the Film Director & Screening of the film - '2040'

...The Director of the film '2040', Damon Gameau, talked with the Barker community after a screening.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Junior School Journey: Reporting on Years 3-6 from 2019-2022

...The Barker Journey longitudinal study has now completed its fourth year. The subjects of the study are a group of students who celebrated the conclusion of their primary schooling in 2022. Detailed results reporting on...

Yr 12 Science Extension Public Lectures One & Two

...Public lectures on the history and philosophy of ScienceThe Barker Journey...

Publication of the 6th Edition of Learning in Practice: The Barker Institute Journal

...pastoral care and wellbeing leaders, or school leaders. Learning in Practice is a published conversation in which reflections on practice take place, and professional learning and development benefit.The Barker Journey...

Barker Institute Events, Term 2, 2023

.... Five Barker Institute events were held in Term 2, 2023.The Barker Journey...

Term 3... and that’s a wrap!

...(Or four highlights from a very active term)The Barker Journey...

Learning Forum - Goals, GRIT and Passion in the Senior School Years

...An examination of the key areas of GRITThe Barker Journey...

"Having an Academic Conversation with your child"

...The Importance of Learning Conversations with your ChildThe Barker Journey...

The Childhood Musician - An insight into learning music from the youngest age.

...Professor Gary McPherson - Ormond Chair & Director of the Melbourne Conservatorium.The Barker Journey...

The Importance of success and value in career development for Women

...ent Professionals Australia NSW, Annalisa HaskellThe Barker Journey...

Institute Opening: Dr Bartek Rajkowski's Address

...g, the official Barker Institute opening was a stunning success on the 5th of FebruaryThe Barker Journey...

Research for Learning Community – Research Forum

...A brief introduction to the Barker Research for Learning CommunityThe Barker Journey...

AARE Conference 2022 – Transforming the Future of Education: The Role of Research

...t four years of The Barker Journey. I had the opportunity to attend sessions on all four days of the conference on topics related to our Research Agenda before our own presentation on the final day....

Studying with your New Best Friend - the Chatbot!

...s could have on the teaching, learning and academic outcomes of students. Barker College is monitoring these developments with great interest to ensure positive educational outcomes for our community.The Barker Journey...

Fostering and supporting refugee education – the first part of the story.

...ransformative changes.The Barker Journey...

News from Dhupuma Barker

...4, from the School on County in North East Arnhem land. Launch of a student YouTube channel.The Barker Journey...

Online Learning Reflections – A video podcast

...rough the Barker online learning journey from the perspectives of our digital learning leaders.The Barker Journey...

Learning in Practice: The Barker Institute Journal, Volume 2, 2018

...ty teaching, motivation and engagement, breadth of learning opportunities, research and collaboration are some of the key aspects of the journey for all of our students accompanied by their teachers. The Barker Journey...

Do a group of teachers believe that the International Baccalaureate Learner Profile attributes have influenced the development of international mindedness in their school?

...planned and purposeful professional learning, connected to our strategic plan and the IB Programme Standards and Practices have much value, and this vision will be implemented on our forward journey. The Barker Journey...

A year in the life of Barker Robotics: Engaging students for a lifetime

... program that is building momentum throughout all stages of Barker College. This has grown in breadth to include First Lego League, First Tech Challenge, First Robotics Challenge and now VEX Robotics.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Journey: Lessons from cohort 1

...stion then arises, how do we examine aspects of school culture such as these that defy traditional metrics? This longitudinal, qualitative study was designed to capture the more intangible aspects of The Barker Journey. It has tracked the social and emotional development of a cohort of students through their perspective over their 10 year experience at the School and will continue to follow their journeys beyond th...

Learning in Practice: The Barker Institute Journal, Volume 1, 2017

...engagement, breadth of learning opportunities, the development of the whole student and collaboration are some of the key aspects of the journey for all of our students, accompanied by their teachers.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Journey: The commencement of cohort 2

...arker from Year 3 to 12. This report briefly outlines the methodology used throughout the research project and examines what the Year 3 interviews from 2019 reveal about the students’ journeys so far.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Journey - Year 6 2022 - Community and Belonging

...hips, that students value kindness as foundational to other traits and can articulate what it looks like in practice, and that students perceive meaningful learning to be about identity and belonging.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Junior School Journey: Report on Year 3-6 from 2019-2022

...The Barker Journey longitudinal study has now completed its fourth year. The subjects of the study are a group of students who celebrated the conclusion of their primary schooling in 2022. The significance of this mile...

The Barker Journey study amidst COVID-19: Analysis of Year 4 interviews

...Over a decade of research into The Barker Journey has yielded perceptive insight into aspects of the Barker experience that defy traditional metrics. In summary, the students reported that Barker had enabled them to become the best possible version ...

A Year in Review: The Barker Institute in 2021

...turing the hearts and minds of students, staff, parents and the wider community. This article serves as an overview, grouped within visions for staff, students, the community, and research in schools.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Journey - Year 5 2021: The experiences of 'digital natives' in a digital classroom

...ognised as both necessary and on display throughout the disrupted learning process. Connections to findings from the corresponding interviews with these students when in Year 3 and 4 are investigated.The Barker Journey...

The Barker Journey – Year 7, 2023 Nurturing Learning Relationships

...This paper presents the results of the fifth year of The Barker Journey project, tracking a group of students on their ten-year educational journey culminating with Year 12 in 2028. Now in Year 7, some of these students first participated in this research in Year 3 as th...

Flagship Project

... The current iteration of The Barker Journey study will end in 2028. This will be when the first fully coeducational cohort to progress from Year 3 to Year 12 at Barker concludes their schooling. ...

Coeducation

... Selected Projects & Writings The Barker Journey: Tracking the first co-educational Year 3 class (2019) through to Year 12 (2028)Girls and MathematicsConfidence and support for all Mathematics Students in a Co-educational context (2023) - Amy Young...

The Barker Journey Study

... The current iteration of The Barker Journey study will end in 2028 when Barker's first fully coeducational cohort to progress from Year 3 to Year 12 concludes their schooling. Concludin...

Blocks demo

...priority to be assigned to understanding more deeply how an effective co-educational environment operates. The Barker Journey project may explore questions such as: What will schools need to do to meet authentically the educational needs of this generation and the next?How ...

Our People (old)

...o the Barker Junior School difference, Research PresentationHill, M., (2022) 'Repositioning teachers as expert participants', ACEL New Voice Perspectives, p12.Scott, T. and Hill, M. (2022) ‘The Barker Journey - Year 6 2022: Community and Belonging’, Learning in Practice, 6(1).Hill, M. and Scott, T. (2022) ‘The Barker Junior School Journey: Report on Year 3-6 from 2019-2022’, Learning in Practice, 6(1). ...

Literature Journal: Noteworthy

... 2020 The Barker Journey...