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TOK: Crossroads of the Diploma Programme

TOK: Crossroads of the Diploma Programme. Presented 2.11.13 for the IBHC. What do you know? . What is TOK. Theory of Knowledge asks two questions: What do we know? How do we know it? Ways of Knowing Internal World Areas of Knowledge External World. This Year’s Prescribed Topics.

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TOK: Crossroads of the Diploma Programme

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  1. TOK: Crossroads of the Diploma Programme Presented 2.11.13 for the IBHC

  2. What do you know?

  3. What is TOK • Theory of Knowledge asks two questions: • What do we know? • How do we know it? • Ways of Knowing • Internal World • Areas of Knowledge • External World

  4. This Year’s Prescribed Topics All ToK students must complete two requirements:1. Essay on prescribed topic (Externally Assessed)2. A project on a Knowledge Issue of their Choice (Internally assessed) 1. In what ways may disagreement aid the pursuit of knowledge in the natural and human sciences? 2. “Only seeing general patterns can give us knowledge. Only seeing particular examples can give us understanding.” To what extent do you agree with these assertions? 3. “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” Evaluate this claim. 4. The traditional TOK diagram indicates four ways of knowing. Propose the inclusion of a fifth way of knowing selected from intuition, memory or imagination, and explore the knowledge issues it may raise in two areas of knowledge. 5. “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” (Christopher Hitchens). Do you agree? 6. Can we know when to trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge.

  5. What Can You Do To Promote ToK Thinking in Other Grades or Disciplines? • Ask your students how they know what they know… • A2 + B2 = C2 (Reason/logic/authority) • Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. (Historical records/authority) • The words house and home sometimes have different meanings in English. (Cultural Language conventions/Experience) • Cork floats and lead sinks. (Observation/Reason)

  6. But Wait, There’s More…? • Encourage ambiguity and uncertainty. • We perceive this table to be solid, but we know it really is not. • Eye witness testimony is often the most flawed. • Authorities can lie and manipulate. Try Googling Tiananmen Square from inside China. • Optical and auditory illusions fool our senses all the time. • Emotions can both help and hinder us in our decision making process. • What is the best translation for the word ‘gumption’ in French? • Allow the students to feel that what we call knowledge is not a monolithic, inviolate thing. It is made up of different kinds of knowledge, learned in different kinds of ways. • The idea is NOT to convince them that we don’t really know anything. The goal IS to get them to think about what they know and to analyze it for truth.

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