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Routes through the course
Routes through the Core Theme
This page covers different possible routes through the Core Theme - Knowledge and the Knower. We have provided a large collection of activities on this site - far too many for a class to be able to do...
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Core Theme - Knowledge and the knower
The core theme in ToK is the place where we discuss some of the central questions about knowledge: What kinds of knowledge are there? What is the difference between knowledge and belief? What different...
Unit planners
Unit planner - Core Theme: Knowledge and the Knower
The following unit planner is based on the lesson plans that Activities in the Core Theme. This is a model unit planner to help you adapt your own unit plans in order to meet IB requirements for the DP....
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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...
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Maps and knowledge
This is a fun and engaging introduction to Theory of Knowledge that only requires a sheet of paper, a pencil, and your brain. It’s designed to get you thinking in new ways and to spark the kind of questions...
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Kinds of knowledge
Knowledge is diverse and comes in many varieties. It is unlikely that we shall be able to find a single definition of it. Indeed that is why we devote 100 hours to exploring what it is in the ToK course....
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Activities in the Core Theme
ToK is rather obviously about knowledge. But what knowledge is, and the forms it takes, are rather nuanced questions. This is why we devote 100 hours to it in ToK classes. This section contains a selection...
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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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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...
Assessment
TOK Essay
This collection of pages tells you everything you need to know about the ToK essay. We start with a quick description of the essay followed by a page telling you how to ace it! Then we go into more detail...