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Stamoplysninger til brug ved prøver til gymnasiale uddannelser
Termin(er) 2024/25
Institution Ikast-Brande Gymnasium
Fag og niveau Andet 1 -
Lærer(e) Annabel Greve Kristensen
Hold 2024 TOK/5 (1i TOK/2)

Oversigt over gennemførte undervisningsforløb
Titel 1 Knowledge and the Knower
Titel 2 AOK Natural Sciences
Titel 3 Knowledge and Technology
Titel 4 AOK History
Titel 5 Knowledge and Politics and Exhibition Preparation
Titel 6 Human Sciences Part 1

Beskrivelse af de enkelte undervisningsforløb (1 skema for hvert forløb)
Titel 1 Knowledge and the Knower

TOK Unit 1: Knowledge and the Knower

Description:

Knowledge and the Knower explores how personal and shared experiences shape what we know and how we understand the world. In this core theme of the IB Theory of Knowledge course, students reflect on their own perspectives, biases, and responsibilities as knowers within diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts.

Key Questions:

What is  knowledge?
What’s the difference between knowledge, beliefs and opinion?
What is a community of knowers?
How is knowledge like a map?

Aims:
To introduce you the TOK course.
To begin to explore how we know what we know and what influences this.
Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition

ATL skills.

Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.

Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.

Social skills- through negotiation during group work.

Assessment:
Object linking chart.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 2 AOK Natural Sciences

TOK Unit 2: Natural Sciences

Description:

In this unit we will explore how scientific knowledge is produced, tested, and accepted. We will examine the strengths and limitations of scientific methods, look at induction and deduction, what is good evidence in NS, and how scientific knowledge evolves.

Key Questions:
What is natural science?
What is pseudoscience?
What do we mean by a paradigm shift in natural science?
How can you see TOK in your own NS course?

Aims:
To examine how knowledge is made, stored, and disseminated in natural sciences.
To look at the ethical considerations that scientists must make and how they make them.
To look at how science has evolved over time.

Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition and essay

ATL skills:

Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.

Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.

Social skills- through negotiation during group work.

Research skills- the assignment will require researching knowledge claims that are in the real work around us.

Assessment:
Analysing knowledge claims.
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Object linking practice 02-10-2024
In class assignment: Questioning claims 06-11-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 13 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 3 Knowledge and Technology

Description:

Knowledge and Technology examines how technological advances shape the way we produce, share, and access knowledge. In this optional TOK theme, we will explore the benefits and challenges of technology, including issues of reliability, bias, and access, while reflecting on how technology influences our understanding of the world.

Key Questions:

What is the role of technology in the creating, storing and disseminating knowledge?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of technology in terms of knowledge?
What is technology?
What is knowledge in technology?

Aims:

To understand the different knowledge stakeholders in the world of technology.
To understand what the role of technology is in the creation of knowledge.
To understand what is meant by technology in a TOK situation.
To consider technological objects from a TOK perspective.

Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition

ATL skills:

Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.

Thinking skills-through practising critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.

Social skills- through negotiation during group work.

Research skills- researching different objects related to technology.

Assessment:

TOK Exhibition (preparation).
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Assignment 3: Essay prep 13-12-2024
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 9 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 4 AOK History

TOK Unit 4: History

Description:

In this unit we will explore how knowledge is created in History. What counts a good evidence in History, and why History gets its own AOK. We will look at historical sources and objects, as well as who decides what ‘goes in’ to History and why.

Key Questions:
What and when is History?
What are the ethical considerations Historians have to make in the creation of knowledge in History?
Why is History its own AOK?
How can you see TOK in your IB History classes (if you take it)?

Aims:
To examine how knowledge is made, stored, and disseminated in history.
To look at how historians make decisions about what to study and why.  
Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition/Essay

ATL skills:
Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.
Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.
Social skills- through negotiation during group work.
Research skills- there will be homework that requires you to research historical objects.

Assessment:
No formal assessment, but continued assessment and feedback through classroom activities.
Indhold
Kernestof:
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 12 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer

Titel 5 Knowledge and Politics and Exhibition Preparation

TOK Unit 5 and 6: Knowledge and Politics and Exhibition Preparation.
Description:
This unit will combine lessons on our second optional theme: knowledge and politics and lessons on preparing for the TOK exhibition. These will intertwine a bit because of the way the exhibition road map works. I’ve separated the two topics below for clarity:
Knowledge and Politics: In this unit we will examine how political structures are formed in different places at different times, the links between power and truth, and the role of language in political discourse. We will also explore tyranny, of how political regimes control knowledge and manipulate truth. Additionally, Jonathan Haidt's five moral foundations will be examined to understand how political ideologies appeal to different moral intuitions, shaping political decisions and influencing the distribution of power.
Key Questions:
What is politics?
What influences our political decisions?
What are the problems with different political structures?
How does language influence knowledge in politics?
Aims:
To understand what political knowledge is.
To understand why people have different political opinions.
To understand how some regimes abuse power to manipulate truth for political gain.
Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition
ATL skills
Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.
Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.
Social skills- through negotiation during group work.
Resources:
Thomas Hobbes: The Sovereign and the State. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsN3f1-DFbA&t=9s

Jonathan Haidt’s TED talk The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives.
Extract from 1984 by George Orwell
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Assessment
TOK Exhibition.

TOK Exhibition preparation:
Description: In this unit we will prepare for the TOK exhibition: your TOK IA. We will look at example exhibitions, as well as considering what makes a good object. We will also practice interrogating our own and other’s ideas about knowledge in an exhibition style.

Key Questions:
Your choice from the list of prompts.
What knowledge is in this object?
How does it link to your prompt?
What is the perspective that it gives on your prompt?

Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition
ATL skills
Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.
Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.
Social skills- through negotiation during group work.


Resources:
Example exhibitions on OneNote
The marking criteria
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
Exhibition Linking Chart 24-03-2025
TOK Exhibition: Full Draft 05-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 17 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
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Titel 6 Human Sciences Part 1

TOK Unit 6 : Human Sciences

Description:

In this unit we will explore how knowledge in the human sciences is produced, tested, and accepted. We will examine the strengths and limitations of the methods used by human scientists, look at how human scientists word questions, what counts as ‘good’ evidence in human sciences, and what the differences are between humans sciences and natural sciences and human sciences and history.

Key Questions:

What is human science?
How do human scientists create knowledge?
How can you see TOK in your own HS course?

Aims:

To examine how knowledge is made, stored, and disseminated in human sciences.
To look at the ethical considerations that human scientists must make and how they make them.
To look at how human science has evolved over time.

Assessment focus: TOK Exhibition/TOK Essay

ATL skills:

Communication Skills- through discussions in class and small groups. Communication through writing.
Thinking skills-through practicing critical thinking and fostering open-mindedness to consider others’ perspectives.
Social skills- through negotiation during group work.
Research skills- the assignment will require researching knowledge claims that are in the real work around us.

Assessment:
TOK Exhibition
Indhold
Kernestof:

Skriftligt arbejde:
Titel Afleveringsdato
TOK Exhibition: Final Hand-In 30-05-2025
Omfang Estimeret: 10,00 moduler
Dækker over: 4 moduler
Særlige fokuspunkter
Væsentligste arbejdsformer