Transcript TOK Lesson 1 review

TOK Lesson 1 review
Who is in the center of the TOK diagram?
How many areas of knowledge are there?
How many ways of knowing are there?
What do you think is the relationship between
the TOK diagram and the IB diagram?
Notice anything????
Assessment
Your TOK marks are calculated out of
60 points
TOK Essay
1200-1600 words
Externally marked
Topics decided by IB
40 points
Presentation
10 minute individual
presentation
Internally marked
and moderated
Topic decided by
student
20 points
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TOK Essay
by Christmas
of 2nd year
Presentation
By Jan/Feb of
2ndyear
The central question of TOK is..
What is knowledge?
Exercise #1
With a partner, write a brief
paragraph that explains what you
think TOK is, and what benefit you
think that taking TOK is supposed to
have for IB students
IBDP Program Goals
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To educate the whole person.
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Create lifelong learners.
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Help our students become
internationally – minded.
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Promote independent and critical
thought.
Course objectives (possible)
To engage students to question and reflect on their
knowledge so that they will:
Develop intellectual honesty & rigour
Critically examine knowledge claims
(can you back it up!)
Understand how human knowledge is constructed,
connected, renewed and interpreted
Understand strengths & limitations of different
perspectives
Take responsibility for what they know
Course themes
Ways of
Areas of
Knowing
Knowledge
• Sense Perception
• Mathematics
• Emotion
• Natural Sciences
• Language
• Human Sciences
• Reason
• History
• Ethics
• Art
Getting started with the
Areas of Knowledge
Exercise #2
Imagine that you were interviewing an
expert in each of the 6 areas of
knowledge.
What do you think each expert would
say knowledge is in their area?
Give an example of what they would
say it means to know something in
their subject.