Undue Influence
TOK integration in psychology: Prof. Matthew Walker on the nature of appropriate evidence for a scientific theory.
Tag: TOK
Exploring PT 5 – Everything’s A-OK
Navigating various nuances and concepts associated with PT 5, in particular how a divergence of views correlates with areas of knowledge.
The Lower Ground
TOK Integration across the DP curriculum: How do we know when common societal stereotypes are false?
Exploring PT 4 – Plunging In
Tackling prescribed title 4 while exploring the difference between an analytic approach and plunging into the world of analogies.
Fake “Fake News”?
Integrating TOK in history, global politics and philosophy: How do we know when our collective moral standards are slipping?
Exploring PT 3 – Leading With Our Gut
Highlighting different ways of looking at PT 3 with specific suggestions for students while exploring how we can be sure that we think that something matters.
Historical Illumination
The real-world connection between TOK and physics: Under what circumstances can examining the past help guide future discoveries?
Exploring PT 2 – Sharpening Our Definition
Investigating the different nuances and concepts associated with TOK essay prescribed title #2 for May 2020 with specific suggestions for students.
Pondering Proof
The real-world connection between TOK and mathematics: How do we know when something has been mathematically proven and what role does intuition play?
Exploring PT 1 – Establishing the Terrain
Exploring various nuances and concepts associated with TOK essay prescribed title #1 for May 2020 with specific suggestions for students.
Objective Progress
An example of the real-world overlap between TOK and music featuring renowned acoustician and violinmaker Joseph Curtin.
Searching for Nuance
Words matter: we examine the wording of each of the May 2020 prescribed titles in an effort to help guide students towards key TOK concepts associated with each one.
Misapplications
Integrating TOK across the DP curriculum: the overlap between TOK and psychology, language and media featuring the insights of renowned psychologist Carol Dweck, Stanford University.
Try a Little Selfishness
In this post, we urge students to consider which of the May 2020 TOK essay prescribed titles best correspond to their current interests.
Historical Imagination
Integrating TOK across the DP curriculum: eminent historian Sir John Elliott, Oxford, gives us a real-world example of how imagination can directly assist the knowledge process.
Theory of Titles
One good way to help students decide which of the May 2020 TOK essay prescribed titles is for them is by contemplating why those titles were chosen to begin with.