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    IB TOK Course Introduction

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    This document provides an introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course for IB Diploma students. It outlines some of the key concepts in TOK, including ways of knowing, areas of knowledge, knowledge questions, and the TOK assessment components. The internal assessment is a presentation and the external assessment is a 1,600 word essay. Students are introduced to the central TOK question of "How do you know?" and explore topics like personal vs. shared knowledge, reliability of different areas of knowledge, and how knowledge is obtained through various ways of knowing like language, sense perception, reason, etc.

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    This document provides an introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course for IB Diploma students. It outlines some of the key concepts in TOK, including ways of knowing, areas of knowledge, knowledge questions, and the TOK assessment components. The internal assessment is a presentation and the external assessment is a 1,600 word essay. Students are introduced to the central TOK question of "How do you know?" and explore topics like personal vs. shared knowledge, reliability of different areas of knowledge, and how knowledge is obtained through various ways of knowing like language, sense perception, reason, etc.

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    This document provides an introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course for IB Diploma students. It outlines some of the key concepts in TOK, including ways of knowing, areas of knowledge, knowledge questions, and the TOK assessment components. The internal assessment is a presentation and the external assessment is a 1,600 word essay. Students are introduced to the central TOK question of "How do you know?" and explore topics like personal vs. shared knowledge, reliability of different areas of knowledge, and how knowledge is obtained through various ways of knowing like language, sense perception, reason, etc.

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    IB TOK Course Introduction

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    This document provides an introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course for IB Diploma students. It outlines some of the key concepts in TOK, including ways of knowing, areas of knowledge, knowledge questions, and the TOK assessment components. The internal assessment is a presentation and the external assessment is a 1,600 word essay. Students are introduced to the central TOK question of "How do you know?" and explore topics like personal vs. shared knowledge, reliability of different areas of knowledge, and how knowledge is obtained through various ways of knowing like language, sense perception, reason, etc.

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    TOK:

    Introduction
    Lesson 1: What is TOK?
    • The central question of your TOK course is: How
    do you know?
    • The TOK course examines how we know what we
    claim to know by asking you to analyse
    knowledge claims and explore knowledge
    questions
    • A distinction between shared knowledge and
    personal knowledge is made
    Areas of Knowledge and
    Ways of Knowing
    Ways of Knowing
    1. Language
    2. sense perception
    3. Emotion
    4. Reason
    5. Imagination
    6. Faith
    7. Intuition
    8. Memory.
    Class Activity

    Pick 1 way of knowing you feel is the most


    reliable way of knowing and justify your
    answer
    Pick 1 way of knowing you feel is the least
    reliable and justify your answer.
    The TOK course will explore
    how WOKs work, and how
    they work together, both in
    the context of different areas
    of knowledge and in relation
    to the individual knower.
    Areas of Knowledge
    1. Mathematics
    2. Natural Sciences
    3. Human Sciences
    4. History
    5. The Arts
    6. Ethics
    7. Religious Knowledge Systems
    8. Indigenous Knowledge Systems.
    The task of TOK is to
    examine different areas of
    knowledge and find out what
    makes them different and
    what they have in common.
    Rate your school subjects ( Areas of
    Knowledge) in terms of their certainty and
    reliability?

    • Place the subjects on scales of either


    reliability or importance.
    • Write a brief explanation for your ranking
    justifying your choices
    Introducing the Knowledge Framework
    How do you know ?
    Activity 1: What Do you know?
    ■Write a list of 10 things you know.
    ■These are called Knowledge Claims
    Knowledge Claims
    • Knowledge claims are statements/declarative sentences.

    • Knowledge claims are about what we know.

    • Knowledge claims are about WHAT we say we know.

    • Knowledge claims do not cover all that we know. (some things are too personal
    to share; some things, too trivial or mundane)

    • Knowledge claims are expressed in language.

    • Knowledge claims are stated as being true.

    • Knowledge claims are more than facts; they are assertions concerning anything
    we choose to present as true; thus they can be opinions and beliefs.
    Types of Knowledge Claims
    • Statements of personal observation

    • Statements of value/value judgments

    • Predictions

    • Hypothetical statements

    • Metaphysical statements

    • Definitions
    How do you Know?
    • Share your list of 10 knowledge claims with a
    partner, discuss. How you think you know
    these things?
    • These are called Ways of Knowing
    How do we know what we know?
    ■Dina is an IB diploma student . Here is the list of
    things which she claims she knows.

    ■Try to identify the ways of knowing associated


    What does Dina Know?and how does she know
    it?
    1. She knows that two parallel lines never meet.
    2. She knows that Jordan gained independence in the year 1946
    3. She knows how to play football
    4. She knows that cutting down trees should stop.
    5. She knows when her father is about to get angry.
    6. She knows that it is wrong to cheat.
    7. She knows when she gets hungry.
    8. She knows how her friend felt when her mother shouted at her.
    Knowledge Questions
    KQ’s Knowledge Questions
    ■an open ended question, that can be supported
    by arguments, opposed by counterclaims, and
    have the opinion of the student attached to it
    ■explicitly about knowledge (in other words, a
    question about knowledge, rather than a subject
    specific issue)
    ■Uses TOK terminology
    Knowledge Questions
    • What counts as evidence for X?

    • What makes a good explanation in subject Y?

    • How do we judge which is the best model of Z?

    • How can we be sure of W?

    • What does theory T mean in the real world?

    • How do we know whether it is right to do somthing?


    Knowledge Questions
    • Does some knowledge go beyond language?
    • How does imagination contribute to knowledge?
    • Do the Arts give us knowledge?
    • How are our beliefs shaped by our culture?
    • Can human behavior be predicted?
    • How reliable are our feelings and emotions?
    • How certain is Scientific knowledge?
    • How does mathematics relate to the world?
    Exit Card
    • Pick 1 to 2 Areas of Knowledge

    • Pick 1 to 2 Ways of knowing associated with your chosen


    Areas of knowledge
    • Formulate a question about knowledge ( A knowledge
    Question) using your chosen Areas of knowledge and and
    Ways of knowing plus other TOK terminology (Truth,
    certainty, reliability, shared knowledge, personal
    knowledge, value, evidence, facts, theories, )
    TOK Assessment
    Internal Assessment: TOK Presentation (10
    marks)
    • Completed in Grade 11
    • Marked by Teachers
    • The presentation can be done individually or in a group, with a
    maximum group size of three.
    • Approximately 10 minutes per presenter should be allowed, up to a
    max of 30 minutes per group.
    • Must hand in a Presentation Planning Document (PPD) before actually
    doing the presentation.
    External Assessment: TOK Essay (10 marks)

    • Completed in Grade 12
    • Marked by the IB
    • Must be chosen from list of six prescribed titles
    issued by the IB
    • The maximum word limit for the essay is 1,600
    words.
    • Must hand in a Progress Planning Form (PPF)
    Homework
    Questions no one knows the answer to...
    Reflection Questions

    Schools don’t devote a lot of time to questions that no


    one knows the answers to. Why? What effect(s) does
    this have, in your opinion?

    Of all the questions that Anderson throws out there,


    which one is most intriguing to you, and why?

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