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WorksheetsTheory of Knowledge (Course Overview)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4mins
In order to encourage and support students in making comparisons and connections across different elements of the course, the knowledge questions suggested for each theme and area of knowledge are organized into a -
knowledge question
knowledge claim
knowledge framework
knowledge assessment
Good knowledge questions are
about the world, open-ended, use TOK vocab
about knowledge, open-ended, use AOK vocab
about the world, close-ended, use TOK vocab
about knowledge, open-ended, use TOK vocab
Questions about life or areas of knowledge are coined as
knowledge claims
first-order question
second-order question
third order-question
TOK aims to make students aware of the interpretative nature of knowledge, including personal ideological biases – whether these biases are retained, revised or rejected.
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"What is William Carlos Williams’ poem ‘The Red Wheelbarrow’ really about?" is a _________.
first-order question
second-order question
third-order question
fourth-order question
TOK highlights that sometimes there really are no simple answers, and “that tensions between conflicting points of view have to be lived with, argued about and frequently left unresolved”
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"How can my interpretation of poetry be as reliable as a
university professor’s?" is a first-order question.
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TOK gives students and teachers the opportunity to consider the role and nature of knowledge in their own culture only so as to avoid prejudices.
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The TOK curriculum centers around asnwering questions about the world.
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Shared knowledge includes unique knowledge that you have constructed as a result of a detailed exploration into an aspect of an existing Area of Knowledge.
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TOK lesson covers the following:
core theme, optional themes, and ways of knowledge
core theme, optional themes, and areas of knowledge
core theme, optional themes, and subject areas
core theme, optional themes, disciplines
TOK assessments include
an extended essay and an oral presentation
an essay and a debate
an essay and an exhibition
an essay and a report
They are questions about the
processes of constructing knowledge.
first-order KQs
first-order knowledge claim
second-order KQs
second-order knowledge claim
language, sense, perception, etc. are called ____ in TOK
TOK Areas of Knowledge
TOK KQs
TOK Ways of Knowing
TOK terms
TOK focuses on what is the answer to a question.
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