A SYNOPSIS OF TOK- THE CURRICULUM OVERVIEW (STRUCTURE OF TOK)

ANOTHER A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE

REAL LIFE
EXAMPLE

ANOTHER
REAL LIFE
EXAMPLE

ANOTHER
REAL LIFE
EXAMPLE
EXTRACTION &
DECONTEXTUALIZATION
of KQ using the ladder of
abstraction

THE KNOWLEDGE
QUESTION (KQ) IN
THE TOK WORLD
PERTAINING TO A
KNOWLEDGE
CLAIM

GETTING TO KNOW ‘HOW TO KNOW’- THE WAYS (WOK-s)

EMOTION FAITH INTUITION IMAGINATION

REASON LANGUAGE SENSE

MEMORY PERCEPTION
DEVELOPMENT AND INVOLVEMENT

LEARNER FORTIFIES THE GATHERED INFORMATION

(AUTHENTICATE THE KNOWLEDGE CLAIM) BY CITING

 RELEVANT ACADEMIC EXAMPLES &

PERSONAL EXAMPLES(NON-FICTION)
 CONTER CLAIMS WITH EXAMPLES
 BE FLEXIBLE AND OPEN MINDED TO HANDLE
THE COUNTER CLAIMS
 SUPPORT OWN CLAIM

THE LEARNER’S CONCLUSION

 AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE (AOK-s)

HUMAN SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES THE ARTS HISTORY MATH ETHICS RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEMS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS

THE AIMS OF TOK- knowing ‘how to know’ an issue extracted from real life, backed up by evidences with
deep reflection involved, generalization in global context. Knowing the ‘HOW’ FACTOR brings
responsibility and leads to commitment and action to become socially responsible

THE STIPULATED TIME OF STUDY-100 TEACHING HOURS

THE ASSESSMENT MODEL-AN ESSAY ON ANY ONE OF THE AREAS, A WRITTEN PRESENTATION
PLANNING DOC, A GROUP PRESENTATION OF MAX 3 LEARNERS HAVING TIME OF PRESENTATION/
STUDENT AS 10 MINS
IB DIPLOMA GRADING CRITERION- NO ‘E’ OR ‘N’ TO BE AWARDED FOR EE AND TOK

A MAX SCORE OF 3 AWARDED FOR A COMBINED PERFORMANCE IN TOK AND EE

Adhering to the aims of TOK

 Critical insight into the knowledge constructed w.r.t local and global perspectives
 Develop an introspection on personalised emotion driven intuition and ideological good thinking
and assumption
 Critically reflect upon own assumptions, emotions, beliefs leading to more thoughtful,
responsible and purposeful lives
 Be responsible of own claims and actions with the awareness that knowledge begets social
responsibility