Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

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aims to enable students to engage with
TOK
complexity, ambiguity, uncertainty and
the
in the world with a sense of
contradictions
and to make them feel empowered to
wonder,
knowledge with agency. The objectives
pursue
value of TOK therefore extend beyond the
and
IB assessment tasks—creating an exhibition
two
writing an essay—although these present
and
opportunities for you to synthesize your
rich
in TOK. As in your course work, in
learning
two tasks you will explore knowledge
these
and in the process:
questions,
develop and demonstrate your ability to
•
arguments
construct
offer examples as evidence in support of
•
claims
your
chapter aims to help you meaningfully
This
with and score well in TOK assessment.
engage
central to both assessment tasks, this chapter
is
with a closer look at what knowledge
begins
questions
Knowledge
are knowledge questions different from
How
questions? Knowledge questions are
“normal”
to do something specific: they do some
intended
the work for you, by setting you up to discuss
of
we claim to know and how we come to
what
it. To achieve this, knowledge questions
know
phrased in a way that invites you to explore
are
perspectives on how we produce,
different
disseminate or apply knowledge in
acquire,
world. The knowledge questions exist to
the
your exploration of knowledge and make
guide
that your discussion stays in the realm of
sure
and not ethics, politics, psychology or
TOK,
IB also suggests that knowledge questions
The
the characteristics shown in Figure 12.1.
have
questions are and how to approach them.
• engage with different perspectives
• draw conclusions that are of consequence.
philosophy more generally.
Given that the exploration of knowledge questions
about knowledge
Knowledge
contestable
question
draw on TOK
concepts
Figure 12.1 Characteristics of knowledge questions
Based on: Theory of Knowledge Guide, First Assessment 2022 (IBO)
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