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Establishing a Community of Inquiry
Department of Leadership and Policy Analysis, College of Education, University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA
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Abstract
Humans are unique among all herd species in their capability to learn to be better cooperators. That capability amplified by a richly textured language in cluding the extraordinary invention of promising, made it possible for humans to construct extraordinarily complex and sophisticated structures of inquiry and cooperation. Preparation for optimizing this capability into realized abilities is afforded through an education that that moves human instinct for cooperation and learning through to a community of inquiry at many levels. Communities of inquiry listen, learn and benefit from one another.
KeywordsPromisingHerd InstinctCapability V. AbilityCooperativenessDefectorsDispositionsTruthTruth-SeekingSkillsSignalingConfirmation Bias
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