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

I. THE EXHIBITION
questions are questions about
Knowledge
how knowledge is produced,
knowledge—about
shared and used; what it is and what it is
acquired,
who has it and who does not; and who decides the
not;
to these questions. Instead of focusing on
answers
content or specic examples, students
subject-specic
on how knowledge is constructed and evaluated.
focus
this sense, knowledge questions are distinct from
In
of the questions that students encounter in other
many
subjects.
questions are contestable in that there are
Knowledge
number of plausible answers to them. Dealing with
a
section examines knowledge questions in
This
detail because they are the basis for both
some
TOK exhibition and the TOK essay. They
the
throughout this book and will have
appear
many of your classroom discussions.
anchored
learning is assessed through your ability
Your
of the two ways in which you will
One
your learning in TOK is by creating
demonstrate
exhibition. In a subject like TOK, which may
an
strike you as abstract or conceptual,
sometimes
an exhibition is an opportunity to
creating
how knowledge manifests tangibly in
explore
does this mean? The processes of
What
are bound up with the material world.
knowing
dance and make music, participate in online
We
examine historical archives, grow
discussions,
prepare food, take photographs, record
and
notes, perform experiments, tell and
field
to stories, study religious texts, travel to
listen
places, learn and practise new skills, and
new
although some students can nd the lack of a single
TOK,
answer slightly disorienting. In TOK discussions, it
“right”
perfectly conceivable that answers to a question may
is
matters is that the analysis is thorough,
dier—what
and eectively supported by examples and
accurate
evidence.
questions also draw on TOK concepts
Knowledge
terminology, rather than using subject-specic
and
or specic examples. Knowledge questions
terminology
on central TOK concepts such as evidence,
draw
from: Theory of Knowledge Guide, First
Adapted
2022 (IBO)
Assessment
to the areas of knowledge (AOKs) as
relation
as the world around you.
well
you do not have to worry
Importantly,
constructing your own knowledge
about
because the IB provides them in the
questions
tasks, so that you can focus on
assessment
and live in ecological environments.
investigate
these processes through which we come
Often
know disappear from view, and all we are
to
with is a knowledge claim. The exhibition
left
an opportunity for us to be reminded
provides
the material practices and processes that
of
us to make knowledge claims. It is
enable
an opportunity to consider the material
also
of applying knowledge in the
consequences
The exhibition encourages you to think
world.
knowing as something we do with our whole
of
and not just our intellect, and as a process
selves
necessarily involves objects and materials,
that
just concepts and ideas.
not
the task actually entails is outlined on the
What
page. next
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certainty, values and interpretation.
these open contestable questions is a key feature of
to explore knowledge questions critically in
formulating the answers.
I . T H E E X H I B I T I O N
objects around you.
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