Transcript Your ToK presentation - Ms McCulloch`s classes

Your ToK presentation
…does not involve dressing in a
banana outfit. Phew.
Because at AIS we prefer gnome
outfits (school policy).
But seriously…
Every ToK student must make an individual or
small group presentation and complete a selfevaluation/planning form about it. Your teacher may ask for
additional planning documents about it, or evidence.
Each presentation should be 10-15 minutes in length
(excluding discussion time).
Students may work in pairs, but at AIS this happens at the
discretion of the teacher. These presentations should be
approximately 20-30 minutes in length.
It is marked out of 20, using 4 criteria. You receive an
individual mark.
A Identification of knowledge issue
• Did the presentation identify a relevant
knowledge issue involved, implicit or
embedded in a real-life situation?
• 0 Level 1 was not achieved.
• 1-2: The presentation referred to a knowledge
issue but it was irrelevant to the real-life situation
under consideration.
• 3-4:The presentation identified a knowledge
issue that was in some ways relevant to the reallife situation under consideration.
• 5- The presentation identified a knowledge issue
that was clearly relevant to the real-life situation
under consideration.
B Treatment of knowledge issues
• Did the presentation show a good
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understanding of knowledge issues, in the
context of the real-life situation?
0 Level 1 was not achieved.
1–2 The presentation showed some
understanding of knowledge issues.
3–4 The presentation showed an adequate
understanding of knowledge issues.
5 The presentation showed a good
understanding of knowledge issues.
C Knower’s perspective
• Did the presentation, particularly in the use of
arguments and examples, show an individual
approach and demonstrate the significance of the
topic?
• 0 Level 1 was not achieved.
• 1-2: The presentation, in its use of arguments and
examples or otherwise, showed limited personal
involvement and did not demonstrate the significance of
the topic.
• 3-4 The presentation, in its use of arguments and
examples or otherwise, showed some personal
involvement and adequately demonstrated the
significance of the topic.
• 5- The presentation, in its distinctively personal use of
arguments and examples or otherwise, showed clear
personal involvement and fully demonstrated the
significance of the topic.
D Connections
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Did the presentation give a balanced account of how the topic
could be approached from different perspectives?
• Did the presentation show how the positions taken on the
knowledge issues would have implications in related areas?
• 0 Level 1 was not achieved.
• 1–2 The presentation explored at least two different
perspectives to some extent.
• 3-4 The presentation gave a satisfactory account of how the
question could be approached from different perspectives,
and began to explore their similarities and differences.
• 5- The presentation gave a clear account of how the question
could be approached from different perspectives and
considered their implications in related areas.
How can I choose my topic?
Reflect on your ToK course
Think back over all the captivating debates you have had about burning
issues in the ToK classroom. Weren’t they great?!
Remember that really annoying time you didn’t get the last word on an
issue about which you felt strongly?
Well now you can and everyone else will just
have to button it and listen! Hah!
Look at your ToK journal and the
journals of other students
If you have kept a good ToK journal, it should
contain a variety of ToK ideas, any of which could
give you a starting point, as well as providing you
with your first resource.
The Title
A good title will help you focus your presentation. Think back to some
of the essential ToK questions we looked at right at the start of the
course:
How do we know?
What is the truth?
How do I get to the knowledge?
What’s the validity of this knowledge claim?
Some examples from the IB Guide
Can we be certain that global warming is taking place?
How can we know whether intensive farming methods are always
harmful?
What constitutes reliable journalism? How can we know whether
scientific conclusions are justified?
What makes a work of art?
Who should decide, and on what grounds, what History should be
taught in schools?
What evidence is there about how dinosaurs looked and behaved?
Some examples from ex-AIS students
How can we reconcile the need for security with the right to
privacy?
Could it ever be justifiable or desirable to clone whole
humans?
Should we ban smoking in public?
Using the literature of J.K Rowling –The controversy over
Harry Potter
Evaluating euthanasia laws in Holland
Enthusiasm and personal engagement
The family of the student who discussed Dutch euthanasia
laws, had recently made use of them. Your personal
engagement with the topic may not be as intense as that
(or perhaps it will be) but once again, your position as The
Knower is extremely important, although at the same time,
you need to show a balanced and reflective approach.
Resources and research
Good research, as with the ToK essay, lends credibility to
your ideas and is evidence that a reflective process has
taken place within you, The Knower!
As with any other assignment it must be cited and
referenced. One way would be to produce a handout, with
sources listed. Another would be to put them on the final
slide of a PP presentation (if you are doing one). You
should refer to where you found your information and
evidence throughout the course of your presentation.
Get on with it!
Leaving it to the last minute will NOT result in a
strong presentation.
Sources
Banana boy image:
http://pro.corbis.com/images/4216028262.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B7309
B890-6278-467E-9A2E-FD3C925685AF%7D
Criteria
IBO subject guide ToK
Procrastination cartoon
http://declutteryourhouse.com/clean_house/wpcontent/uploads/2008/06/procrastination.jpg
Shoes image
http://www.yeartogrow.com/images/decisions.jpg
Fred Flintstone cartoon
http://churchformenflorida.blogspot.com/
Dinosaur cartoon
http://theinfantree.blogspot.com/2007/03/read-this-comic-i-think-itsquite-funny.html
Sources contd.
Scales image
http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2008/05/energy-balance.jpg
Old books image
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/26575987_e37ae760e6_o.jpg
Clone image
http://archive.salon.com/21st/books/1998/01/cov_15books.html
Gnome image
http://ecx.imagesamazon.com/images/I/41Y0KZwquPL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
Chimp image
http://www.webstockpro.com/Thumbnails/Corbis/42-16477031.JPG