TOK Quiz Review - McGowan

Quiz Questions:

• What is TOK to you and how is it graded?

• 5 AOKs?

• Natural Sciences VS Human Sciences?

  10 attributes of IB Learner?

• 5 optional Themes?

• 12 concepts of TOK?

What is TOK?

Core theme: Knowledge and the The Knower

• More focused on 2nd order questions

• This theme explores the relationship between the individual and the nature of knowledge, delving into how personal experiences and perspectives shape our understanding of the world.

• TOK isn’t a philosophy course!!

  • it relates to real life!

  • Helps students develop critical thinking and analytical skills

    • Question what we know

How is TOK graded?

• 11th grade: TOK exhibition → Select 3 objects + 1/35 IA topics to write about and with that explain how TOK concepts manifest in the real world

  • Graded by teacher(McGowan) first → IB picks 3-4 to grade → Final grade either stays same, bumped up, or lowered based on IB critiques(normally stays same)

• 12th grade: TOK essay → 1,600 word essay graded by IB pick 1/6 essay topics

  • reflect on how we know what we know  → use various AOKs and Ways of Knowing to support argument(s)

1st Order Questions VS 2nd Order Questions(Don’t need to know for quiz)

1st Order: directly about world

• narrow scope

• related to specific aspect of AOK

• typically ask: “What do we know”

• descriptive + factual

2nd Order: process of finding out about world

• broad scope

• related to 1+ entire AOK

• typically ask: “How do we know”

• analytical + debatable

Example: Class reading George Orwell’s 1984 discussing nature of newspeak as language

• 1st order question: Should Governments allow free access to knowledge

• 2nd order question: In what ways foes the limiting of knowledge by authority help/hinder progress of knowledge?

TRRICK POBC - 10 attributes of IB Learner

thinkers

risk-taker

reflective

inquirers

communicators

knowledgable

principled

open-minded

caring

balanced

TRIPLe - 5 optional themes

technology

religion

Indigenous people

politics

language

HAMNH - 5 AOKs

history

arts

mathematics

natural sciences

human sciences

Natural Sciences VS Human Sciences

• Natural Sciences: Focus on Natural World - EX. Biology, Chemistry, Physics

• Human Sciences: Focus on Human Behavior - EX. Psychology

PROJECTIVE PC - 12 Concepts of TOK

power

responsibility

objectivity

justification

evidence

culture

truth

interpretation

values

explanation

perspective

certainty