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ToK across the curriculum: some quick ideas
This page consists in a short video by one of the authors of this site suggesting some quick strategies for integrating ToK across the whole DP. It will require a little work on behalf of the ToK teacher...
Start here: Teachers
Site organisation Free
The goal of this page is to explain the key sections of the site. Each section is noted by one of the main headings in the menu that runs across the top of the page. For each section, there is an explanation...
Activities
Reflection on key concepts
This is an activity designed to provide links between 12 ToK concepts and the areas of knowledge. It is best scheduled towards the end of the course when all the areas of knowledge have been covered in...
Activities
How virtuous are you as a knower?
g What characteristics do we need to be good knowers? Is being a good knower a bit like being a good person - do we just have to cultivate the right knowledge virtues? If so what are these virtues? Why...
Activities
What are your responsibilities as a knower?
Understanding the responsibilities tied to knowledge is just as important as understanding knowledge itself. In this lesson, we’ll explore the roles and ethical responsibilities of three key groups: producers...
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Perspectives
These activities form a fun way to play around with the idea of perspectives. They also invite reflections on how perspectives interact and whether it is possible for an individual to have multiple perspectives...
Activities
Papageno moments, perspectives, and international mindedness
The activities on this page are designed to get you thinking about what perspectives are and how they differ from related concepts such as opinions or points of view. We are often unaware of the perspectives...
Activities
Knowledge Communities
We all belong to various knowledge communities. What kind of knowledge do we acquire from them? What does it allow us to do? How does this knowledge fit in with knowledge from other communities in which...
Activities
What kind of knowledge?
This is a set of activities to get you thinking about how knowledge comes in different varieties and how we may need different metaphors to understand them. It needs nothing more than paper and pencil...
Activities
Knowledge, belief, and acceptance
Knowledge sometimes consists of statements about the world. This is sometimes called propositional knowledge. More generally it is knowledge that fits the notebook metaphor. But what distinguishes items...