An Introduction

Theory of Knowledge

Lessons

• 1 Plenary lesson per week

• 1 ‘group’ lesson per week

Beyond the classroom• This term– 3 short (400 word) essays– 9° November – ToK Student Conference

• Next term– 1 short essay– 3 ‘tasks’ to prepare for…

• Summer Term– First assessment (Presentation)

Assessment

• Presentation – Summer of year 12

• Essay – Spring of year 13

ToK Journal

• Notes

• Handouts

• “ToK moments”

• Articles

• Pictures

• Cartoons

ToK Blog – www.nlcstok.edublogs.org

Library resources

Definitions

Or put another way …..

Some typical ToK questions:

• Does a historian record History, or create it?

• Does the possession of knowledge carry an ethical responsibility?

• To what extent is formulating a scientific hypothesis comparable to

creating a work of art?

• What did Frank Zappa mean when he claimed that “Talking about

music is like dancing about architecture”?

• Can you do mathematics questions without understanding the

mathematics?

• Is it reasonable to think that human behaviour can be studied

scientifically?

Follow up

“The map is not the territory”