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Methods and Tools
It is no surprise, given the diversity of the human sciences, that the methods and tools that they employ are similarly diverse. As a result we split the discussion across two pages: one of psychology...
Activities
Human Sciences
This page contains activities appropriate to a module on the human sciences. It is sequenced roughly according to the Knowledge Framework elements and represents a relatively logical sequence. The final...
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Perspectives
These pages give some ideas about what we mean by perspectives in ToK and explore some examples. It is important that we distinguish between perspective which has a kind of permanence and stability (and...
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Scope
In these pages you will find out about the central idea in ToK - knowledge. We shall talk about what knowledge actually is and how it differs from beliefs and opinions. You will find out that there are...
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Ethics
Ethics in the human sciences is most obviously to do with the ways in which we produce knowledge in this area. We are, after all, studying human beings, and are heavily constrained in the kinds of interventions...
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Scope
At first glance it seems easy to define the scope of the human sciences - they are a systematic study of human beings: their behaviour, the structure of their society, their economic systems, their social...
Assessment
Student essays with in-text commentaries
In this collection of student essays a senior examiner has made suggestions regarding marking and also possible improvements to the essay in the text. Again thanks to the generosity of the students who...
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Essay B plus in-text commentary
In this page we have taken apart a student essay and provided an in-text commentary to give a feeling for the way examiners think when reading a ToK essay. We have included comments on strategy and tips...
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Essay AK1 plus in-text commentary
In this page we have taken apart a student essay and provided an in-text commentary to give a feeling for the way examiners think when reading a ToK essay. We have included comments on strategy and tips...
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Student essays and assessment comments
Here is a collection of actual student essays. There are comments added to show how an examiner might read the text. All examiners should be able to summarise the main arguments of the essay if possible...