TOK- Theory of Knowledge

An integral part of the IB diploma

programme

IB Learner Profile• Inquirers

• Knowledgeable• Thinkers

• Communicators• Principled

• Open-minded• Caring

• Risk-takers• Balanced• Reflective

Some key questions:• What is knowing?• How can one know?• How do beliefs and knowledge fit

together?

The goal or key to success in TOK

• Being critical• Focusing on perception, emotion, language and reasoning and other ways pf knowing.

General Knowledge quiz:

Name a famous:

• Painter• Politician• Inventor• Scientist• Writer

• Explorer• Musician

• Religious figure • Historical figure• Sporting figure

Part II: **Now once you are done, cross out the following from your list in this order:

-men

-white people from Western, developed societies.

-share who you have left (are there any?)! • Discussion starter: WHO/WHAT/WHERE/HOW/WHEN/WHY shapes your

frame of reference?

• Research: find diverse answers to the questions!

• This consciousness-raising exercise will hopefully increase your awareness of how each individual forms their opinions, and how others do as well.

Let’s begin: 5 minute exercise

• Take a sheet of paper and draw a map of the world. There is no correct or incorrect map merely your mental representation as accurately as you can show on paper.

• At the end, you will show your map to the class.

Only one way to see the world?

Whose view?

The Mercator Projection Map

Gaining our maps….• Where is our knowledge from?• Possible answer: Families, friends,

classmates, books, television, the Internet, political leaders, religious leaders.

• From all the ideas we absorb, combined with our personal experiences, we shape our own beliefs and our own knowledge.