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Essay question: "To gain an understanding of the world we need to make use of stereotypes." Areas of Knowledge: Ethics & Human Sciences I have finished my introduction, I think it's alright (hopefully the teacher will like it as well), although, I really have no clue how to start my main body... I have a full vacation week and I want to use it to finish all the internal assessments and essays ASAP. Like now. Anyway, I don't know if its allowed in this forum, but here's my introduction so far (vvv link uploaded vvv). All help/advice/guidance will be appreciated TOK ASSESSMENT ESSAY.docx
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Oh Jesus please help me! This is about the TOK presentation ~ My knowledge question for this: "Is the act of tattooing your skin a form of artistic expression or an entirely independent art form in it's own way?" Is this okay?! Also, can someone please explain to me how I'm supposed to go about explaining this with the four areas of knowledge? Thank you ~
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Hey guys! Recently, ToK students at my school were asked to create and present mock presentations. These presentations were graded on the ToK presentation rubric from IB. These aren't the official ones. They were merely for practice. However, I still had a few questions about the grading policy. On the mock presentation, my group got a 7/10. The teacher said our Knowledge Issue/Question was great, but our presentation was not extremely engaging. She said we also needed more opposing viewpoints. However, we had an engaging activity that would help the audience understand our concept. We also included many viewpoints. Our teacher seemed to have favored presentations that st…
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hi im doing a practice TOK presentation and i have nooooooo idea on what i could do it on could someone suggest me some easy topics to do and explain ho to do a TOK presentation cause im kind of not sure about how to do one
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"According to the historian G.M Trevelyan (1876-1962), ‘unlike dates, periods are not facts. They are retrospective conceptions that we form about past events, useful to focus discussion, but very often leading historical thought astray’ [How can dividing history into periods be useful and how can it be misleading?]" Our teacher told us to use the TOK textbook, but I didn't wrote down the pages... and none of my classmates know this either, so I need some guidance please.. All help and advice will be appreciated Thanks.
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Hi everyone, I am going to do my Tok presentation soon and I'm thinking of choosing the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings as my real life situation. I think this will be a good one because it brings up the issue of individual vs. collective rights; the child's guaranteed safety at school vs. the shooting community's (hobbie/sport/job) access to their guns. Although I have a good idea on what I want to do, I can't seem to come up with a good KI! I think I will touch upon history and ethics, as well as reason and emotion. I would really appreciate if anyone could give me some advice, because I'm pretty stuck and stressing out! Thanks a lot! Joe.
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I have to write a mock TOK essay on the following topic: “The possession of knowledge confers privilege.” To what extent is this an accurate claim? Any ideas about real life examples which exemplify the notion that knowledge is a benefit?? If you could help me I would be more than grateful. Thank you!
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My thesis is "all the areas of knowledge describe and transform the world"
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TOK ASSESSMENT ESSAY - Ideas for two areas of knowledge on the following question...?
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"To gain an understanding of the world we need to make use of stereotypes." With reference to two areas of knowledge, to what extend do you agree with this statement? Any ideas of two areas of knowledge that will go well with the question? At the moment, I'm out of ideas...
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Hi, I was given the 2014 November ToK Essay titles today. 1.“Some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world, whereas others seek to transform it.” Explore this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. 2. “Knowledge takes the form of a combination of stories and facts.” How accurate is this claim in two areas of knowledge? 3. “In the production of knowledge, it is only because emotion works so well that reason can work at all.” To what extent would you agree with this claim in two areas of knowledge? 4. “To gain an understanding of the world we need to make use of stereotypes.” With reference to two areas of knowledge, to what extent do you agree with thi…
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Figured I'd make a thread where people can share things they've read/seen/watched in their daily lives that could be neatly shoe-horned into some excellent TOK bull**** for essays, presentations and so on. Feel free to share your own! Some of them are actually interesting in their own right, but please don't post things unless you can also make some TOK out of them... Language **** the Poor http://encyclopedia2...topic abundance Emotion Reason/Logic Sense/Perception Racial Profiling http://sfglobe.com/?id=828&src=share_fb_new_828 Contribute away! I'll add them to the top as and when.
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The class, of course Sorta curious about what you lot have to say about it. Perhaps you'd like to share your expectations, assuming you haven't started in the DP. Or, assuming you're out, maybe you'd like to share with us some past experience. In any case, I'd love to hear your opinions.
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Hi! I have to write a TOK essay with the following title: For some people science is the supreme form of all knowledge. Is this view reasonable or does it involve a misunderstanding of science or of knowledge?I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about how I could plan/ structure this? I have a few ideas but I'm open for a bit of advice Thanks IB slave x
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For my Theory of Knowledge presentation, I'm stuck on developing possible topics that I can do. For one idea real-life situation I thought I could use this news article on the correlation between internet addiction and brain damage but I can't think of a suitable Knowledge question and claim. Could someone help me out please? It will be much appreciated. News Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2085369/Internet-addiction-cause-physical-damage-brain-just-like-drugs-say-researchers.html
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Sorry for all caps, but it is hard to get attention in this forum, considering how many people post in here. I wanted to ask if this would be a good TOK presentation: "Should there be a programming language option for students, when choosing a second language in school"
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To what extent can lying be ethically justified? Rate out of 5 How can I improve it? How can we know if lying is ethical? <---- is this better?
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I was thinking about doing my TOK Presentation on genetics, under the broader knowledge question "Can science go too far?" However, I'm kind of lost when it comes to how I should present this topic. I was hoping for some advice on how to specifically address this topic in the context of TOK. Also, I was wondering what others think the best medium for this presentation might be (Powerpoint, video, etc.) Any words of wisdom or guidance is much appreciated!
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I have to pick a topic to do my presentation on. I have some ideas but I don't know how to form them into knowledge issues. Can someone message me?
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what are the grade boundaries for the tok presentation? and is it really hard to get an A on the presentation?
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Hello! What is the presentation of TOK about?
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Hello! Is there anyone who can help me write an essay for TOK? I don't have any idea for doing it. If anyone know, a web page where i can read examples. Another question .... the TOK presentation could be by three people? Thanks.
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Hello, I submitted my TOK essay in the official IBO website yesterday (14/March/2014). My friends say their "status" says submitted, but my status still says waiting authentication. Should I be worried? What's wrong with my status?!?
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Hello, I've really been struggling with Tok, we haven't been taught the entire course due to teachers leaving. I've just finished the Tok essay, and now I really have to start working on my Tok presentation. My Presentation is in six days, and I still have no topic or question or KI or RLS. I am very stressed out. Can any alumni give a a topic that i can develop a question from, that has potential to lead to good marks, and link to many aoks and woks. I'm really sorry to be a hassle. But I only have 6 days left. :'-(
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Hi, can someone help me with my essay topic, I don't understand what it ask me to do or what it's trying to say ( I'm very bad at english (4th language) ) ¿How might this apply to ways of knowing, as tools, in the pursuit of knowledge? it's form the 2014 May TOk essay titles, the second one “When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to resemble nails” (Abraham Maslow). How might this apply to ways of knowing, as tools, in the pursuit of knowledge?
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Hi guys, So I was just wondering whether IBO grades the TOK presentation at all? I know our teachers give us a score but does IB look at how the teachers graded it and lower or higher the scores? Thanks in advance!
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Hey guys, So I'm supposed to make an "i-Map" for TOK. It's supposed to communicate my inner core, and help people figure out who I am and stuff? Can any of you guys tell me more if you've done this before? I have no clue what to do. Also, if you have any examples, please share 'em! Thanks
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I'm doing my ToK presentation with a partner and our mock presentations start next week. We still haven't come up with anything. At first we knew we wanted to work on media- but we had so many ideas and came up with a new topic every week. Only a few days ago, I looked for samples on the internet and noticed that the standards of those examples were so much higher than ours. Ours weren't even proper 'KI's. They were just topics. Anyway, today I was thinking about what my ToK supervisor had told me about the presentation. 'Think of something different, something shocking.' So that led to me thinking about punk music (don't ask why) which in turn resulted in this. …
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I'm starting to do my TOK presentation on the extent of the SAT being an accurate predictor of success in college/university. My knowledge issues are: 1. How does one test for knowledge? 2. To what extent can one use knowledge of the past to predict the future? Are these KIs okay? How do I incorpoate WOKs and AOKs? For the first KI I was thinking of focusing on the AOKs mathematics and the arts, since these are areas that the SAT tests for. But I have no idea how to incorporate WOKs here. For the second question, I was planning on focusing on the human sciences and citing perhaps a psychological study...but I can't seem to find one anywhere. Again, here I don't kn…
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so I'm doing " that which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow" and I don't really know how to begin talking about it ! help ?
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Hey there ! I'm not sure about choosing a side on my topic. So my question is do i really need to choose a side on my topic and trying to persuade them? or is it okay to show both negative and positive sides of it and leave the final decision to audience ?
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Hey Everyone. I have a problem with my TOK presentation. The problem is that I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM DOING!!! seriously i just do not get TOK and my presentation is in 4 weeks time. Help me... Give me ideas please... something easy and understandable. PLEAE HELP THIS FELLOW IB STUDENTS...
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So for my TOK presentation, I decided that I wanna base my knowledge question around Tennis and how faith and perception play a role in determining outcomes in tennis (coin flip, whether the ball was out or not, etc.) and in life. So far the only questions that I was able to come up with are: ~To what extent does faith/perception play a role in affecting the outcomes of everyday events? ~How does faith play a role in affecting our perception? ~Is bias present in our perception and faith? I don't feel like these questions are broad enough, but who knows, maybe they might be...
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For my ToK presentation, I'm doing it about euthanasia of humans, am I allowed to use a theoretical situation? I have a couple of other real life examples but can I use a theoretical example, like say it became a much cheaper option?
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Hi, I have my TOK presentation due day after tomorrow and my teacher has refused to comment on it or even see it. So I need advice regarding it. The Ki I have chosen is : To what extent to belief systems of the knowledge community outweigh musical talent with regards to decisions in the Arts? My RLS was based on how for passing down my musical position, the school conventions said that it should go to the senior most but an 11th grader would have done a better job. So, is the Ki linked to the RLS? And can anyone give me suggestions about how to proceed. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hey everyone, I was wondering whether anyone knows the final IB deadline for uploading TOK Essays onto the candidates website. My school has set one for tomorrow but I'd quite like to know what the official IB deadline is. Thanks!
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Hi! I'm new here (just created an account about 10 minutes ago), and I already need help So, my TOK presentation is this friday. It's a long story to why out of the entire month of March I could have gone, but I won't get into that. As you could tell, I was thinking of doing my presentation related to music. The thing is, I don't what title I would flipping use for what I plan to do. I was thinking of taking a classical piece and including some renditions of it. First, I would ask my audience if they've heard the song before (most likely, none of them would) Then I'd play for about a minute. It's a VERY well known song so I'm sure most of them will recognize it. Then…
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Up until my sophomore year of high school, my school offered eight periods, however, due to budget cuts, we switched to a seven period day. As a result, TOK was no longer an official "class" offered. Instead, we have TOK one day each week during lunch (which is about thirty minutes long) and we have a "TOK Release Day" once per quarter where all of the IB diploma students meet and talk about TOK-related things. Not only am I concerned that we barely meet, we have a... not-so-great teacher. She's an awesome person, but we often get off topic. She usually has us watch a youtube video on a current event and we attempt to discuss it, and everything starts off okay, but we …
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Aright, people, I'm on the final revision of my ToK IA (topic 1, in case you're curious). My question is: in TOK, is it best to explicitly state your thesis as in history or english, or not? ie. would i say, "making ethical judgements that block the creation of knowledge is never justified" - or would I present my arguments and assume that the marker will figure it out? It makes for a less dumbed-down read the second way, but with the IB you never know...
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Moderator edit: Strictly do not post 1 sentence replies. This topic is to discuss the new TOK titles and all posts should be elaborating on one of the topics. All useless/conversational posts will be deleted. ****************************** Hello, Today we were given the TOK essay titles prescribed for the 2014 students. What do you think of them? 1.Ethical judgements limit the methods available in the production of knowledge in both the arts and the natural sciences. Discuss. 2.“When the only tool you have is a hammer, all problems begin to resemble nails” (Abraham Maslow). How might this apply to ways of knowing, as tools, in the pursuit of knowledge? 3.“Knowledge is not…
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Hello! We are just starting our TOK presentations (and cramming it, unfortunately). I was choosing between two topics - perception of beauty and global warming, but I think I would want to do the latter because the first seems to be overrated. I'm thinking of asking the question: Are humans the cause to global warming? The thing is, I am not very sure how to approach that topic, or what kind of conclusion I will reach. I guess the things that should be explored include how we decide global warming is actually taking place and to what extent the sources are reliable (natural sciences, mathematics), and maybe how the media is influencing our view towards the cause to glob…
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Hi, If anyone can help me with some ideas for my TOK project that'd be great... I'm not really sure of how to relate my TOK with this topic so um a bit of advice and research would be nice. To what extent/what impact does physical appearance have on a person’s lifestyle? lifestyle regards social status, self-confidence, decisions in life, occupation, potential partner
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I am really in trouble. I got 4 feedback from my teacher and he says I still cant get D! I need help please.
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle I have to write a TOK essay about this, the main topic is 'reason' I was just wondering what were your thoughts about this quote? What do you think it means? Or is trying to say?
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My group and I are having some serious problems coming up with a real life situation. We were thinking about something along the lines of emotion vs reason and/or ethics. Any suggestions?
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5.“The historian’s task is to understand the past; the human scientist, by contrast, is looking to change the future.” To what extent is this true in these areas of knowledge? I was wondering on the fact that the questions mentions human scientist, and I was a bit confused as does it mean it refers to human sciences or can it be defined as scientist in general? And can someone help me with some questions or discussions that can get me thinking? Thanks
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Hi everyone, I'm currently writing my TOK essay for may 2014 on the topic of ethical judgements in the arts and the sciences. I have just finished writing my intro and I would like to get some feedback on it as the deadline is tomorrow... Can I just post it here or is it not allowed? Also I don't want to have some issues with turnit in later on. Thank you.
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How might the structures at work within an emotional intelligence influence its effects upon the knower?
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Is there anyone who can help me write an essay for TOK? I flunked the last one and I don't want to do it again Please message me!
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Hello IBSurvival. I am a new member and I stumbled upon this website looking for help with my Theory of Knowledge essay that is due...TOMORROW! I have just started to look at what is required of me, and I have realized that our teacher has absolutely failed in teaching us anything having to do with TOK. She says this essay is a piece of cake, but to me, writing this essay is like pulling teeth. Is there any way someone could basically sum up the class for me, all while providing useful information about this essay? All we have ever learned is the idea of empiricism and rationalism, and I couldn't even tell you all the Ways of Knowing, nor could I tell you what a knowledge…
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