Community of Inquiry

Community of Inquiry

Since I come to understand that authentic learning takes place through the engaged inquiry of students, as a teacher I will create a learning community where students communicate one another in the process of inquiring. Being actively involved in their community for what they want to learn, students will definitely feel empowered and their skills of inquiry develop.

In the picture, Chrissy, Jenna, and I were trying to figure out so that the ball could roll out of the 4-inch-up ramp and 4-inch-down one, and it could run freely and stop at 6-foot away after coming out of the ramps. This challenging inquiry helped me learn from Jenna that the higher the ball runs down, the more velocity it will bring along. So it is more potential for the ball to come out after going up a ramp. This inquiry process definitely encouraged the communication among one another. By questioning each other for the proposals, and examining together, our community developed confidence about our experiment. So this experimental picture represents a community of inquiry.