Theory of Knowledge

Meaningful technology. Objects from the world around us.

Boriana Bekker January 2022

 Starter
Table group chocolate bar:
Fill the bars. In each bar
one idea.
10 min

Q: What do you know about the relationship

between Knowledge and Technology?
Starter sharing
Each table group shares 3 most significant
ideas.
Give and receive feedback from other tables
3 min
*a volunteer fills the class chocolate bar with
the shared ideas as displayed on the electronic
board
Exhibition
Internal Assessment in TOK
What is the Exhibition?
(A social event at which you express your world as a knower)

Which are its parts?

(Three real world objects that matter to you or other people and
you consider these linking to one question prompt about
knowledge)

What does it look like?

 Objects

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 A good exhibition is focussed on
one of the themes in the syllabus
 Lesson aim
To apply conceptual understandings about the relationship
between Knowledge and Technology on real world objects

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 Learning objective
To make an exhibition in Knowledge and Technology
To effectively link second order thinking prompts to real world objects

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 Success criteria
* Identify parts of the exhibition
* relate these to each other
* articulate meaningful links
* assess articulation

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 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Table groups
Zhao Oto Nastiia Dilara Ivan David Falia Bartek
Grisha Adam Valik Nikoleta Angiras Eliran
Stepan Neil
Activity 1
Exhibition prompts

Discuss the three prompts.

Agree on the one that is most inviting to be
used for exhibitions within the theme ‘
Knowledge and Technology’.

Which is number is this prompt?

#_______
Give reasons for your choice

Table group work

10 min
 Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5

Activity 1
Assessing responses
# 23 # 33 # 23 All suitable # 27
Another depending Another
prompt on prompt
possible argumentati possible
on
Activity 2
Matching parts of the
Exhibition

Link objects to big ideas of critical elaboration

Identify the prompt

Extension >> Suggest links to own

generalisations
Group1 links prompts to selection of objects

Table group work

10 min
 Group 1 Group 2, 3, 4 and 5

Activity 2
Assessing responses
Case1 # 33 Case2 # Elaboration A — object 2 Elaboration B
18 — object 3 Elaboration C — object 1
PROMPT # 23
Activity 2
Assessing
responses
Activity 3 Making an Exhibition

Come up with an object

Select a prompt
Make a written commentary on the link b/n the object and
the prompt

Extension >> Suggest links to own generalisations

Group1 links prompts to class’ big ideas from the cross
comparison table. Extension >> suggests objects
Challenge >> compose a full exhibition out of 3 objects

Individual work
15 min
 Activity 3 Support materials gr1
Big ideas for critical elaboration

Social movement / Impact on social roles (from our own table)

Knowledge production /new knowledge gained about the world;

new understandings developed about our place in it; awareness of
own kind in the future (table )
Knowledge production/potential overview, vision and prediction
(table)

Knowledge transmission/ interconnectedness /real time

collaboration (table)

Concept of Trust reviewed (table)

Responsibility redefined (table)

 Ideas for objects Activity 3 Support materials gr 2, 3, 4, 5

My mobile # prompt

someone’s digital or analogue photo camera # 13 How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement
upon past knowledge?

# 14 Does some knowledge belong only to particular communities of

grandparents’ telephone knowers?

# 23 How important are material tools in the production or acquisition

voting machine as (being significant for a person or a community of knowledge?
of people for some reason)
# 33 How is current knowledge shaped by its historical development?

add one yourself …

add one yourself …

 Big ideas for critical elaboration Activity 3 Support materials gr 2, 3, 4, 5

Social movement / Impact on social roles (from our own table)

Knowledge production /new knowledge gained about the world;

new understandings developed about our place in it; awareness of
own kind in the future (table )
Knowledge production/potential overview, vision and prediction
(table)

Knowledge transmission/ interconnectedness /real time

collaboration (table)

Concept of Trust reviewed (table)

Responsibility redefined (table)

Activity 3 Support materials gr 2, 3, 4, 5 Questions

Identify the object What it is. What is its function or purpose?

Guiding questions for Contextualise it Where would you find it? When?
writing the
commentary
What does it tell or question? (Anything controversial?
Something straightforward? Does it raise doubts?)

To whom does it matter? (Who is involved?)

Activity 4 Presenting and
assessing
Present to your table mates
Receive feedback
Table mates give feedback in the form of 2stars and
a wish (two things the presenter did well and one
thing they can improve)

Individual presentation, pair work on feedback

20 min
 Activity 3 Assessment materials

2 stars and a wish feedback format

Exhibition assessment instrument
Example
* You have selected a suitable prompt
* You have also made good critical
analysis of the link between the object
and the prompt (… )

! However, to whom does this matter?

 Activity 3 Assessment materials
Exhibition assessment instrument

3 stars and a wish feedback format

* You have selected the proper prompt

* You have also made good critical
analysis of the link between the object
and the prompt.

! However, to who does this matter?

 Plenary — Assessing learning in the lesson

Lesson success criteria Reflection questions

* Did we cover the success criteria?

* Identify parts of the exhibition
* relate these to each other
* articulate meaningful links
* assess articulation
* How well did we do this?
* What have you learnt today?
* What are you expecting to learn next
time?