Assessment Objectives from the TOK Guide
It is expected that by the
end of the TOK course, students will be able to:
1. identify and analyse the
various kinds of justifications used to support knowledge claims
2. formulate, evaluate and
attempt to answer knowledge questions
3. examine how academic
disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge
4. understand the roles
played by ways of knowing in the construction of shared and personal knowledge
5. explore links between
knowledge claims, knowledge questions, ways of knowing and areas of knowledge
6. demonstrate an awareness
and understanding of different perspectives and be able to relate these to
one’s own perspective
7. explore a
real-life/contemporary situation from a TOK perspective in the presentation.
Each group will present its Knowledge Question and one WOK or AOK at the end of the class, as well as listing three perspective.
Does your knowledge question meet these criteria?
- It is an open-ended question that admits of more than one possible answer
- It is explicitly about knowledge in itself and not subject-specific claims
- It uses TOK concepts—belief, certainty, culture, evidence, experience, explanation, interpretation, intuition, justification, truth, and values
Exploring the
knowledge question
A good presentation will analyse different perspectives in
relation to the knowledge question. This analysis necessarily involves the use
of examples and reasoned arguments; not mere personal opinion.
Connecting to other
real-life situations
The TOK presentation must primarily
focus on the knowledge question rather than the real-life situation. The knowledge question forms the basis of the
presentation and can be applied to other real-life questions.
Choose a couple of relevant AOK's and WOK's.
Read the relevant TOK course guide section
Look at the knowledge framework
