ABSTRACT
The Important of Community of Inquiry Philosophy for children system of education (COPI4C) in primary schools give rise to a whole set of higher order thinking and the appearances of wonderful change from failure classroom to a dynamic faith. Therefore with the important of COIP4C, analytical spirit, critical spirit and creative endeavors, we can acquire the democratic habits of taking turn thinking together, community information the whole value of teaching for thinking.
The study is based important of Community of Inquiry Philosophy for children system of education (COPI4C) in our primary system in Udi Local government Area. A sample of thirty teachers was drawn from ten primary schools out of ninety one in Udi L.G.A. Furthermore, some research questions were raised such as -There are low performances of academic activities among pupils in primary schools at last, the major findings from the study showed that the important of Community of Inquiry Philosophy for children system of education (COPI4C) system of education, insists mainly on self-correction, tolerance and Inquiry oriented system.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The important of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) system of education is the strategic life planning and management that set the components of a system into action to produce an output beneficial to all parts, mutually and cumulatively. The values focus on the vision that will direct our actions for the betterment of education in the society. Therefore good environmental scanning and improvement will ensure the realization of the education of our dream-education buttressed with reasoning and empowered by critical, creative and caring thinking. Only the values of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) system of education will make primarily schools in Udi L.G.A raise a generation that will imbibe the culture of dialogue, non-violence, tolerance, selflessness and self realization.
The important of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) in our schools is to provide the avenue for observing and acting on the environmental changes to ensure that there are no external barriers to success of our visionary ideal educational system in Udi L.G.A.
Moreso, the values of community of Inquiry philosophy for children focus on the creation of an enabling environment for our thought pattern to accept that nobody knows it all, but is as internal part of a learning process that builds a strong society.
1.2 POINT OF INQUIRY
Infact, lack of community of Inquiry philosophy for children contributes to the poorly performances of our pupils in schools. This lack of community of Inquiry philosophy for children (COIP4C) system of education makes our products from schools to be educated illiterate and certificated but not certified.
1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The common thread in all activities is thinking the fates and fortunes of young people will be intimately connected to their capacity and their desire to think well. The system makes all the participants seek for holistic knowledge in making special effort to prevent violence and gossiping in our primary schools. The system encourages the pupils to think of new possibilities, and alternatives and to use the imaginations in co-operative behavioural patterns of life necessary for success in the 3rd millennium when global citizenship will be the order of the day.