Ana Paulina Mendez

THEORY OF
KNOWLEDGE
 TOK
Teachers are entitled to select a teaching
methodology and course material that will convey the
theoretical foundation of essential concepts and may
provide an environment in which these concepts can
be discussed and debated.
 WHAT IS IT
MADE OF?

WOK'S AOK'S

-Sense -Imagination -Mathematics -Religious Knowledge Systems

-Perception -intuition -Natural Sciences -Indigenous Knowledge Systems
-Reason -Memory -Human Sciences -Arts
-Faith -Language -History -Ethics
KNOWLEDGE
QUESTIONS
In TOK there are two types of knowledge claims:

-Claims that are made within particular AOK or by

individual knowers about the world. It is the job of
TOK to examine the basis for these first-order
claims.

-Claims that are made about knowledge.

These are the second-order claims made in
TOK that are justified using the tools of
TOK, which usually involve an examination
of the nature of knowledge.
TOK TOK
PRESENTATION ESSAY
INTERNALLY EXTERNALLY
ASSESSED EXAMINED
Individual or groups of A 1,200–1,600 essay word.
maximum three students.
 KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
-How can we know what we should doubt about?
-To what extent does the increase in security, increase
ignorance?
-Is security the opposite of doubt? Can there be doubt if
there is security?
-How does the increment of security affects the
knowledge?

EXAMPLES
&
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
THANK
YOU
ANA MENDEZ