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Holdet IB2 TOK1 (2025/26) - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Termin(er)	2024/25
Institution	Esbjerg Gymnasium
Fag og niveau	Filosofi -
Lærer(e)	Jacob Lange
Hold	2024 IB/TOK1 (IB1 TOK1)

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Titel 1	The core: Knowledge and the knower
Titel 2	AOK: The arts
Titel 3	AOK Math
Titel 4	Optional theme: Knowledge and technology
Titel 5	Optional: knowledge and religion
Titel 6	AOK Natural Science
Titel 7	AOK: The Human Sciences
Titel 8	AOK History

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Titel 1	The core: Knowledge and the knower - Pages 40 - 60 from "Theory of Knowledge" (4. edition, Hodder Education) - TED talks: 1) David Eagleman, 2) Beau Lotto, 3) Anil Seth
Indhold	Kernestof: TOK: Knowledge and the knower Homework: In your first lesson you read pages 40-45 In "Knowledge and the knower from Hodder Education" and you made the 3 columns of Opinion, Belief and Knowledge. In this lesson we will be discussing these and also the difference between set 2 and
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Titel 2	AOK: The arts Area of Knowledge: The arts 1) What is art for? (youtube-video) 2) BQ2 Values: Art and the artist (powerpoint) 3) pages 425-428 in Hodder on the arts and methods and tools. 4) article:https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/dark-arts and you will work in small groups to 1) select an argument or a point of view (a citation could be a good idea) 2) Try to construct a counterclaim. Buffer article: https://theconversation.com/what-makes-some-art-so-bad-that-its-good-89737 5) The arts (the Hodder doc) pages 403-408 and 421-422
Indhold	Kernestof: 1) Study Trip: Binding registration ALL IB1 TOK students in this lesson (hand it in to JL) Homework: Hodder on the Arts pages 421-422 and the topic of "Perspectives on the quality of art". Homework: Read pages 425-428 about methods and tools in the arts; take notes so that you are able to explain the main points to me in your groups. Remember to focus on the claims made in connection to the Robert Frost poem and the box about the conce Homework: Read this and select a claim or two made in the article; discuss in your groups and then explain it to me: https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/dark-arts In your groups: explain to me the claims you chose from the article: https://theconversation.com/what-makes-some-art-so-bad-that-its-good-89737
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Titel 3	AOK Math - Math and Values / ethics: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/gangs-matrix-violence-london-predictive-policing - Math and metods and RLS: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/10/paris-olympics-2024-how-does-medal-tally-work-order
Indhold	Kernestof: In your groups: explain to me the claims you chose from the article: https://theconversation.com/what-makes-some-art-so-bad-that-its-good-89737 Homework: In this lesson you will talk to me about the assignment in the previous lesson (the PP "Art vs artist") The new AOK; Math: "AOK math Oxford 2020" pages 321-329. Your assignment is to read and choose some important points; describe them in your own words; In this lesson: you are ready to explain them to me. Math and values in RLS (Real Life Situations). How a ‘predictive policing tool’ – a database created by London’s Metropolitan police – is being used to calculate the risks posed by individuals, and determine the actions taken against them by the auth
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Titel 4	Optional theme: Knowledge and technology - t’s hard to be a moral person. Technology is making it harder: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22585287/technology-smartphones-gmail-attention-morality 1) Is there sufficient evidence to justify the contention that our ethical awareness is being eroded by the way we use our smartphones? 2) Does technology support or prevent us from accessing knowledge about the world? 3) How does the evolution of our understanding of technology shift our concepts of morality? - Big question: technology and values. You have read the articles: 1) on how Nike broke running. This was seen as an example of a RLS concerning technology and values: "https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nike-vaporfly-shoes" 2) Deepfakes and the future of technology (and the past) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-spirit-photography-future-deepfake-videos-180979010/ 3) article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07545-0
Indhold	Kernestof: Homework: Read and try to discover important claims / arguments that you could use in discussing the AOK of math in TOK: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-we-solve-social-justice-problems-with-math/ In this lesson: Your examples of technology and values from the article: How Nike broke running: "https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nike-vaporfly-shoes" Homework: Deepfakes and the future of technology (and the past). Read and find points of view. Consider the claims being made and what could be your counterclaims https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/history-spirit-photography-future-deepfake-vi You will explain: your google research on Genome Editing in babies. (This could include considerations about technology, knowledge, politics and ethics / values).
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Titel 5	Optional: knowledge and religion 1) The question of definition 2) "Miracles": https://theconversation.com/whats-a-miracle-heres-how-the-catholic-church-decides-170183 3) Nietzsche on religion (and life): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWbZmg2hzU 4) Sam Harris and The End of Faith (Document) 5) From the TOK guide (page 24) on Knowledge and religion: "To what extend does religion influence social norms and values?" This is a question related to ethics (and society). The sociologist Phil Zuckerman can help us out in this regard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7X355JF2PE 7) Examples of PEW research - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/10/27/a-closer-look-at-americans-who-believe-the-u-s-should-be-a-christian-nation/ - https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/03/24/three-quarters-of-black-americans-believe-in-god-of-the-bible-or-other-holy-scripture/
Indhold	Kernestof: You will explain 1) The question of definition: according to you: what is religion? 2) "Miracles": Read the article and pay attention to the claims being made https://theconversation.com/whats-a-miracle-heres-how-the-catholic-church-decides-170183 F. Nietzsche on religion (and life): Explain Nietzsches main points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWbZmg2hzU Sam Harris and "The end of faith": let's talk about the claims he is making - and maybe consider possible counterclaims? Your google results (Sayyid Qutb, jihadism) Q & A: Qutb and jihadism?
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Titel 6	AOK Natural Science AOK Natural science: - KQ "Perspectives": How has scientific progress shaped our worldview? 1) what is linear progression and what is meant by the statement that scientific theories can only be proven false? 2) Explaining Kuhns paradigm shifts and the historical example (geocentric vs. heliocentric) 3) The question of Kuhn and relativism (different ways of viewing the world). - Application: Based on your understanding of the progress of science we now turn to the article "A thermometer is not liberal or conservative": Read the article and choose an example of question and answer; explain or discuss your example by using the concepts of linear progress or paradigm shifts. - The document "What qualifies a method as scientific?" (About the characteristics: the first six and then the next nine. You chose one of the pseudo-scientific theories mentioned and EXPLAIN why it was an example of pseudo-science) - Ethics and the knowledge question (KQ): Do ethical constraints help or hinder the production of useful scientific knowledge? In groups: find and explain an example of this online - Experts and the KQ:Is science the most important form of knowledge? Read the article "Philip Pullman: "A story will help us make sense of anything" and consider the KQ: Make some notes regarding this.
Indhold	Kernestof: You will explain 1) The question of definition: according to you: what is religion? 2) "Miracles": Read the article and pay attention to the claims being made https://theconversation.com/whats-a-miracle-heres-how-the-catholic-church-decides-170183 F. Nietzsche on religion (and life): Explain Nietzsches main points https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHWbZmg2hzU Sam Harris and "The end of faith": let's talk about the claims he is making - and maybe consider possible counterclaims? Your google results (Sayyid Qutb, jihadism) Q & A: Qutb and jihadism? We will return to: Zuckerman; Deprivation, Economics of religion and then (NOT homework)
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Titel 7	AOK: The Human Sciences - Approaches and methods in the human sciences: Naturalists vs interpretivists - E. Durkheim and M. Weber - Youtube-video on Durkheim and Weber. - Predictions in the Human Sciences: Yuval Noah Harari as an example https://www.wired.co.uk/article/yuval-noah-harari-extract-21-lessons-for-the-21st-century - Youtube-video on causation vs correlation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOB6vcwFL-I - This article examines the claims of a connection between smartphone use and mental health amongst teenagers. Choose an important example or two from the article and explain how this is related to the nature and scope of the human sciences: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/2/20/18210498/smartphones-tech-social-media-teens-depression-anxiety-research - You have done 3 OR 4: 3) HS and values / ethics - the question of gun violence. You choose an example from the article and explain how it is related to the human sciences and the question of guns: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/america-mass-shooting-gun-violence-statistics-charts 4) HS and the scope of these sciences - Psychology has faced problems over the last few years linked to the problems associated with it when it comes to replicating findings by academics. Why and how is this a problem?: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/psychologys-replication-crisis-has-made-the-field-better/
Indhold	Kernestof: 1) 12:05 - 12:20 Natalia Torres, Sebastian, Nadeen, Mariia: we will have a look at your (individual and valid) passports and your residence permit. The human sciences. Read the doc about "Approaches and methods in the human sciences" and explain: 1) the differences between Naturalist and Interpretivist approaches to the Human Sciences 2) What is: Quantitative and qualitative data? Explain the main points to me in your own words. Do NOT just repeat: You will be talking with me about the article you worked on last time:
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Titel 8	AOK History History and spin: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/01/rewriting-the-past-do-historical-movies-have-to-be-accurate: 1)Do filmmakers have a responsibility for historical accuracy? Or does that responsibility lie with the viewer? 2) Consider the question posed by the writer – “Does historical fiction alter our sense of reality?” 3)Finally, do even the inaccurate historical movies prompt interest and debate over events from the past, ultimately helping us to discover truths and produce useful knowledge? Who has responsibility for accurate knowledge – producers or users? - History and values: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/using-art-talk-about-holocaust-evidence-room-180973201/ 1) How can the power of the arts be used to understand a historical event – by which we mean both the Holocaust itself, and one of the most famous legal cases that has ever occurred? 2) The article brings up the issue of evidence. Which requires stronger evidence: knowledge claims made in history, or those that are made in law? 3) What role does art play in the development of our ethical awareness? What role does the AOK history play in the development of our ethical awareness? - TO BE CONTINUED: "How and why does history get rewritten" (a TOK document written by Michael Dunn) and the questions of evidence, objectiveness, purpose, paradigms, method and outlook in the AOK history
Indhold	Kernestof: In this lesson you will be speaking with me about your Exhibition prompt and the objects you have chosen (so far) You will be talking with me about: Human Sciences and the scope of these sciences - Psychology has faced problems over the last few years linked to the problems associated with it when it comes to replicating findings by academics. Why and how is thi Vova and Bogdan: You will be talking with me about the article (and: Human Sciences and the scope of these sciences - Psychology has faced problems over the last few years linked to the problems associated with it when it comes to replicating finding Work: TOK IA draft - Deadline approaching
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