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4.5 The Working World
How is the world of work changing, and what does it reveal about our values and priorities? Contents...
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3.5 Scientific Innovation
How do scientific and technological innovations drive progress—and what questions do they raise about our future? Contents...
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3.2 Artistic Expressions
In what ways do creative forms help us express identity, culture, and emotion? Contents...
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5.3 Peace & Conflict
What are the causes of conflict, and how can peace be built and sustained? Contents Coming soon…...
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The Communication Relationship Free
by Mark McGowan When the last iteration of the ToK syllabus was released, I created an image to communicate the idea of Knowledge and the Knower. I called it The Communication Relationship. It depicts...
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Musings On…The Individual Oral Free
With the M25 exam session rapidly approaching, some teachers may have completed their Individual Oral Assessments (IOAs) and turned their attention to exam revision. For others, though - myself included!...
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The Schwa Free
I find the schwa /ə/ a fascinating sound. As the excellent webcomic on the right, XKCD, humorously observes, it’s the most common phoneme in the English language and can usually be found in unstressed...
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In Memoriam: David Ripley (1949-2024)
It is with tremendous sadness that we inform subscribers that David Ripley, the lead author of this website, died unexpectedly last week. As well as being a colleague, David was also a close friend, and...
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Apostrophes
The apostrophe is a small detail of punctuation, but it has the power to change the meaning of a word. So, it is necessary to know how to use it. The rules governing the apostrophe are few and simple...
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Dialects Free
I grew up mainly in Yorkshire, in the north of England. Yorkshire is an area with a strong local identity. My father was a Yorkshireman, and proud of it … and of course I absorbed the feeling. One part...