At first I thought that my inquiry question may have been a subject that was already studied many times. To be honest, I think it is quite a common topic, but there were still new things that I learned. For example, I didn't even think of how we should accommodate to students with physical or learning disabilities. It was something that seems obvious but often forgotten. Another thing that I learned while researching this topic was how much of an effect the teacher can have on student's peer relationships.
When preparing my activity for the class, I was kind of lost on what I should do. I ended up deciding on having the class in 2 different layouts, and asking general 'inquiry' questions. I had a bit of conflict with myself on whether or not I wanted to include questions related to our subject matter, or just some silly questions that I found. I ended up going with the silly questions, and it worked out great. It generated a ton of discussion across tables that I almost didn't want to interrupt. I'm glad that our class has people with such strong opinions because it definitely helped.
I still have more to learn and research about this topic. There was a subtopic that I didn't delve into too much, which was if gender of the teacher matters in the layout. Although this topic of class layout has been researched quite well, it has a strong value for our knowledge as teachers.
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