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Has AI destroyed mathematics? Free
On 6th October 2026 Open AI released 722 mathematics papers on an unsuspecting mathematical community. These concerned 372 problem areas where mathematicians had been working on questions to do with topology,...
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May 2027 Reading List
As work on unpacking the May 2027 TOK prescribed titles gathers pace, I have put together a reading list for you and your students. These articles offer perspectives that may help students develop their...
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Common Ground - AI vs. Human Agency game Free
As AI increasingly shapes how we learn, work, and make decisions, human agency, meaning our ability to think critically, make informed choices, and act with purpose, matters more than ever. AI can open...
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Technology and the Knower
Technology profoundly shapes our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. From algorithms that can predict our preferences to the way we acquire and disseminate knowledge, it changes how we...
Pedagogical Questions
AI and the competence illusion
How do we know that we are competent at something? Ease of performance? Efficiency - big results for little effort? Feeling of flow - that someone is doing it for us? Inability to recall our thought processes?...
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CAS and TOK
The strongest links between TOK and CAS come from turning a knowledge question raised in class into something students do about it, then bringing the experience back to TOK as reflection. Under the current...
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Nobel Prize Activity Free
The best TOK lessons use real-world materials and recent examples. And in Nobel season, what better way to celebrate than by showing students how relevant TOK is in the Nobel Prize world? I hope this...
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Theory choice and paradigm shifts
While the Natural Sciences are highly regarded for the quality of knowledge they produce, it is remarkable how rapidly scientific knowledge can change. This page examines how we decide which theory is...
eBook
What is knowledge? Free
ToK is about knowledge. We use knowledge every day to do things in the world. It is something that we human beings make. We encounter a huge diversity of knowledge in our lives from the formal subjects...
Assessment
Language for the ToK essay and exhibition
You might be writing the ToK essay (or exhibition) in your second, third, of fourth language. That is OK. Examiners or moderators are not marking your language. But you must try to be clear. This might...