Diploma Programme course outline—TOK

1 Diploma Programme course outline TOK. Thomas Jefferson High School 052227. School name School code Time distribution Starting date of TOK course in year 1 August Ending date of TOK course in year 2 June of the Diploma Programme of the Diploma Programme Name of the teacher who Jesse Gonzalez Date of IB training Feb 28th March 1st 2016 completed this outline Date when outline was December 10, 2016 Name of workshop Cat. 1 completed (indicate name of subject and workshop category). 1. course outline Use the following table to organize the topics to be taught in the course . Add as many rows as you need. This document should not be a day-by-day accounting of each unit. It is an outline showing how you will distribute the topics and the time to ensure that students are prepared to comply with the requirements of the course .

2 This outline should show how you will develop the teaching of the course . It should reflect the individual nature of the course in your classroom and should not just be a copy and paste from the TOK guide. Topic/unit Contents Allocated time Assessment Resources instruments to be List the main resources to be (as identified in the used used, including information IB subject guide). 90 minutes. technology if applicable. State the topics/units in the One class is order you are planning to teach them. In one week there are classes. Introduction to TOK: The problem What is knowledge? hours Discussion contributions Dombrowski, Eileen. IB Theory Year 1 of knowledge During the What is truth? ongoing, teacher assessed. of Knowledge course introduction to the course , Knowledge vs.

3 Beliefs. Companion. Oxford: Oxford students give their ideas of what What is the difference? Short essays/responses on the University Press, 2007. Print. knowledge means, how it differs Where does knowledge topics issues formative from information, data, opinion, come from? assessment. TOK Online Resources: belief or wisdom, examine Why should we care? different representations of Who is the knower? TOK individual or group www. knowledge and how it is gained, What does knowledge presentations internally lost, or changed. Students are start with? marked. introduced to knowledge issues How do we know? Van De Lagematt, Richard. and begin to formulate their own Is there one source of Theory of Knowledge for the IB definitions of knowledge issues.

4 Knowledge more reliable Diploma Second Edition. The students begin to examine than others? Cambridge University Press their own roles as knower's' in 2015. the different ways and areas of knowledge. Academic Honesty will be addressed within the content of the course as outlined by the IB Diploma Programme . Ways of knowing: What is language? hours Additional supplementary Group discussions fiction and nonfiction texts, Language How does language affect Literature reviews Language has an important effect different ways of knowing? Group presentations prose/poetry, essays, on the way we experience the articles, film clips, discussion topics world. The creation of language, To what extent does a its clarity, its aesthetic role foreign language influence (poetry, literature, etc.)

5 Its the way of thinking? application in other areas of knowledge and in communication What is lost/gained in the with other humans raises process of translation? questions of the relationship between language and the world. Ways of knowing: Seeing vs. believing. What Perception The way we perceive is real? the world depends crucially on How reliable are our the nature of sense organs. Our senses? senses are the gates and Which sense is the most windows' of the mind. Students reliable? What influences the examine if it is true. perception? What is the relationship between experience and perception? What constitutes good evidence ? Ways of knowing: Reason What is logic? Written responses and Logic Socratic Seminar PPD Is logic purely objective To achieve consistency in our and universal?

6 Thought we use logic. Students examine if we can know the truth Truth and validity. How by logic. does reasoning work? What are the differences between inductive and deductive reason? What are common logical fallacies? Ways of knowing: What is an emotion? Class discussion PPD Emotion Group presentations Emotions have traditionally been Are emotions mental or Case studies seen as more of an obstacle to physical aspect? knowledge than a source of it. The students examine if emotions How do emotions interact can be the key to self with reason, sense understanding and understanding perception and reason? the world. Are emotions shaped by culture? To what extent do you think we are able to control our emotions? Can other ways of knowing help us to do this?

7 Areas of knowledge: What is Math? Short essay Dombrowski, Eileen. IB Theory Formative assessment of Knowledge course Mathematics Is mathematics a language? Companion. Oxford: Oxford From a TOK point of view Group discusions University Press, 2007. Print. mathematics is rather a special What is a mathematical area of knowledge. It gives us truth? certainty, but does it tell us Is math discovered or anything about the world? invented? What is the relationship between math and science? Areas of knowledge: What is science and what is Short essay Dombrowski, Eileen. IB Theory not science? Formative assessment of Knowledge course Natural sciences What is the history of Companion. Oxford: Oxford The natural sciences are science? Group discusions University Press, 2007.

8 Print. recognised as a model for Is science a body of knowledge owing to such factors knowledge? as capacity to explain and make Is there a scientific precise predictions. Scientific method? knowledge and progress has Is scientific discovery provided success in many areas. entirely logical, or does the Questions about scientific process include irrational methodologies raise many elements? knowledge Areas of knowledge: What are the inherent Short essay Dombrowski, Eileen. IB Theory problems of knowledge in Formative assessment of Knowledge course Human sciences the social sciences? Companion. Oxford: Oxford It is often said that human Group discusions University Press, 2007. Print. behaviour is unpredictable. Can it How do methods vary be studied scientifically?

9 Between natural and social sciences? How does science relate to ethics? Are there universal constants or laws of human behaviour? Areas of knowledge: Why study history? Short essay Dombrowski, Eileen. IB Theory Formative assessment of Knowledge course History How can the past be Companion. Oxford: Oxford Many of the judgments are known? Group discusions University Press, 2007. Print. historical in nature although knowers cannot observe the past. How does the ways in Is history the set of events or which history is recorded unpredictable actions of people? influence our understanding of it? Is history recorded or created? Should a moral perspective be included in the teaching of history? Areas of knowledge: Is religion a universally Short essay understood concept?

10 Formative assessment Religion People have always been What purposes does Group discusions searching for the sense of their religion serve? lives Many cultures have organised their understanding of How does a culture's the world around their religious religion influence its beliefs. Discussing the mysteries history, ethics, arts, and of religion ,we ask how our own sciences? beliefs relate to those of people from different cultures Where do knowledge and faith overlap? Why do innocent people suffer? How does knowledge through or about religion promote global citizenship? Areas of knowledge: Do we have specific moral Short essay intuitions that can give us Formative assessment Ethics knowledge? Ethics come from different Group discusions places experience of the What is the relationship knower, history, religion, family between morality and ideals and values, community, behaviour?