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Holdet 2023IB TOK2 - Undervisningsbeskrivelse

Undervisningsbeskrivelse

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Termin(er)	2023/24 - 2024/25
Institution	Viborg Katedralskole
Fag og niveau	Filosofi -
Lærer(e)	Jakob Holm Kowalski
Hold	2023IB TOK2 (IB1 TOK2, IB2 TOK2)

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Titel 1	Knowledge and the Knower
Titel 2	Technology and the knower (option 1)
Titel 3	Natural sciences
Titel 4	History & Knowledge (AOK)
Titel 5	Human Sciences (AOK)
Titel 6	Mathematics (AOK)

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Titel 1	Knowledge and the Knower This theme provides an opportunity for students to reflect on themselves as knowers and thinkers, and on the different communities of knowers to which we belong.
Indhold	Kernestof: Lesson 1 - Introduction TOK.pptx _All 12 key concept banners - V1.pdf Please read the article as preparation for today's class (also attached as pdf). What Real Life Situation (RLS) does the article discuss? Which area of knowledge does the article relate to? JK Knowledge framework.pdf JK Key concepts glossary.pdf How reliable is your memory? \| Elizabeth Loftus Bonus questions: Please bring your textbook to class. IMG_2947.jpg Please read pp.14-22 in your textbooks. Please ponder the KQ: "What criteria can we use to distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion?" You can read and think a little about the Activities - we will talk about some of them in class. No mandato We will start watching the (TOK) classic "12 Angry Men" together - with a little TOK-warm-up first. No homerwork for this class. Presumption of Innocence: What does the principle of "presumption of innocence" mean in a legal context? How does this principle relate to the burden of proof in a criminal trial? In what ways can preconceived notions and personal biases affect how p Please read “Plato on knowledge” and explain how Plato defined knowledge. We will start with your presentations of the objects in the "scope"-section in the textbook. Upload your notes, please. Plato’s Allegory of the Cave - Alex Gendler We will finish watching “12 Angry Men” (we are 45 minutes in). We will recap Plato and discuss "What is knowledge". Please revisit your notes for both texts and answers to the questions: We will have elections for the student council and we need two representatives from this class. Also, if you have questions for the upcoming written assignment, let's have them today. Bring your textbook to class. Please read about perspectives in your textbook pp. 22-28 Choose one KQ (knowledge question) p. 28 and write a few notes on that. See if you can include a RLS (Real-Life Situation / example) in the claim that your're making. Please read about methods and tools pp. 28-36. Think about "What constitutes a 'good reason' for us to accept a claim? Come up with at least two RLSs that support your claim. We will start by revisiting activity 9 p. 24. so a few thoughts on that too Five minute warm-up: 10 Mind Blowing Optical Illusions BBC Two - Horizon, 2010-2011, Is Seeing Believing?, The Rubber Hand Illusion Optical illusions show how we see You will be presented with different options in relation to "studenterkørsel" - 15 minutes in the end of this class. Please read about ethics and conclusion in your textbooks pp. 37-41. Choose a KQ (p. 39) and answer it using a concrete RLS. We will focus on the KQ "If moral claims conflict, does it follow that all views are equally acceptable?" We will start with a discussion of the TED Talk from last time. Have your notes ready: Optical illusions show how we see
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Titel 2	Technology and the knower (option 1) The interaction between humans and technology – now, in yesteryear, and in future.
Indhold	Kernestof: Please read and/or listen to the article. What are main points and justifications? Relate this to the question about moral relativism. You don’t have a right to believe whatever you want to \| Aeon Ideas In class: We need a "moral operating system" Afsnit First: Are you a moral relativst? Justify your claim - why / why not? If not, what is the basis of your moral system? + the last two paragraphs of the text in the shared doc in Teams. Second: We will start on "Technology and the Knower". Please read pp. 72-78 in your textbooks. VK IB "On the use of AI tools, such as Chatbots and similar" ChatGPT Benefits and Ethical Implications in Education Nu further homework No, 5G doesn’t cause the coronavirus Scientists prove that truth is no match for fiction on Twitter 1.Details of the fake news research (brief). 2.Results of the research. 3.The hypothesis advanced to explain the results - try to link this to one of our four factors. 4.Your analysis of the hypothesis - would you add anything to their explanation? 5 A.Provenance (who you hear the rumour from) B.Mode of communication (how the rumour represented) C.Resonance (how emotionally impactful the rumour is) D.Credibility (how (in)credible the rumour is). Please read about perspectives in your textbooks pp.78-82. Take notes for (i.e. answer) one KQ of your choice on p. 82. Relate it to a RLS. Taylor Cassidy: Why real change is about more than just going viral We will work further with technology and the shaping of knowledge - but no homework for today. 1.The Earth is flat 2.5G causes Covid 3.President Obama, Queen Elizabeth and Hillary Clinton are Lizard People seeking world domination 4.The moon landing was staged/fake 5. 9/11 was an inside job How to see past your own perspective and find truth We will finish working with the TED talk from last time: How to see past your own perspective and find truth Last questions in relation to this: Also, please read about Methods and tools pp.83-89. We will work with a KQ or two in class. Students interested in presenting on parents' night? English What impact has the fact that English is the primary language of the internet had on knowledge sharing? To what extent are technologies such as the microscope and telescope merely extensions to the human senses or do they introduce radically new ways of seeing the world? The first image of a black hole: A three minute guide Chart of the day: The internet has a language diversity problemRead the brief article and use it for answering the KQ: What impact has the fact that English is the primary language of the internet had on knowledge sharing? Also, bring a physical object to class that represents technology and knowledge. You will be given a little time in class to finish (start thinking about it at home) a brief presentation of your object. Be original and don’t solely present computers Update - percentage of English content is growing What are the most used languages on the Internet? \| Internet Society Foundation Dear TOK-students, I am absent due to my mother's illness and you must work yourselves with the article. Answer the three study questions and give the best possible account of the points of the article in coherent writing. You can work together or in See how well you can answer these study questions for the text: Re-read the article "Technology in deep time" (link). Refer to your notes and the questions you answered October 12. How does the author's historical analogy of compressing Earth's 4.7-billion-year history into a 24-hour day contribute to our understanding of the relatively recent and rapid impact of human technological advancements?In what ways does the article ar Draw a Dane, Greenlander, Nigerian, Mexican, Japanese, an American or a person of any other nationality of your choice. You must sign yor drawing, and be ready to present it. E.g., how can we see (or should we be able to see) the nationality of your How AI reduces the world to stereotypes In class (if we have time): Deep Sea Mining.docx Please read about ethics & the conclusion pp. 89-93. Choose either a KQ - either Moral Machine Extra: What responsibilities do we have for the use of the data of others? Ok to post pictures etc.? Instances when it is not? Technology and the Knower No homework for today Technology and the knower final essay doc (5).docx
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Titel 3	Natural sciences
Indhold	Kernestof: Work by yourselves. Watch Richard Dawkins - The Enemies of Reason - Part 2: The Irrational Health Service (from the beginning). Give a brief account of the documentary in elevfeedback using at least three key concepts. JK Key concepts glossary.pdf R 1) models 2) mechanisms 3) classification Please read about methods and tools in your textbooks pp. 225-236. Take brief for and be ready to explain 1) models 2) mechanisms 3) classification. KQ "Do the natural sciences rely on any assumptions that are themselves unproveable by science"? Please read about ethics in your textbooks pp. 236-243. Find a RLS and make brief notes for the KQ "Should scientific research be subject to ethical constraints or is the pursuit of of all scientific knowledge intrinsically worthwhile? Is it right to use Nazi research if it can save lives? Present & briefly discuss - remember the RLS(s) How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries Minding the Sciences — What Is Science? — Minding The Campus We will start on "Knowledge and Language" - Please read pp. 96-105 in your textbooks. Language and the Knower (2).pptx The maxim of quantity, where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, and gives as much information as is needed, and no more. No further homework, but (re)acquiant yourselves with the text and KQs from last class (pp. 96-105 in your textbooks). Prepare a presentation of a KQ (p.105) with an RLS. The Hidden Rules of Conversation Please read about perspectives pp. 106-109. Also, choose a short poem in either English or your mothertounge (or, if your mothertounge is English, choose a Danish or other foreign language poem) and bring it to class. How does the film "Arrival" explore the concept of language as a tool for communication between humans and extraterrestrial beings?Discuss the significance of the linguistic theories and principles depicted in "Arrival" in understanding the aliens' u
Omfang	Estimeret: 10,50 moduler Dækker over: 9 moduler
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Titel 4	History & Knowledge (AOK)
Indhold	Kernestof: Wayne Hennessey did not know what Nazi salute was - FA panel Against forgetting We will start with this so be prepared: Also, please read about scope in your textbooks pp. 312-318 - Choose a KQ p. 318 and be ready to discuss it - ideally including an RLS. But - we will begin with your KQs from yesterday. Please read about perspectives pp. 320-328 in your textbooks. Take notes for activity 1, p. 323 (in the printed book, which you always bring to class) Please read about methods and tools pp. 328-341. Be ready with brief definitions of the different approaches to the study of history from p. 336 i.e. Comparative, counterfactual, 'outside', clyodynamic, inside and literary approach. KQ “What methods Work by yourselves: In writing, give a brief definition of at least two of the abovementioned approaches to historical knowledge. Discuss, what the fact of these different approaches does to historical knowledge in relation to at least two key concep Work by yourselves 2: “History is written by the victors” (Winston Churchill) What do you think Churchill meant? What does this suggest about the nature of historical knowledge? Write 20-70 words. Upload your answers to both tasks to elevfeedback. Up Brief warm-up: Define and discuss bias vs. perspective in relation to historical knowledge as presented in the the text. Also, define and discus the rendering of the key concepts Truth, Objectivity, Responsibility, Values and Evidence. Prep for the movie = homework for two+ classes Afsnit We will work with "Denial" - take notes for as many of these study questions as you can: Denial \| Netflix Task:A: Read through the following Guardian interview with the Cambridge Professor of History, Richard Evans, who featured in the movie as an expert witness. AOK HIstory - Concepts of Bias, Truth, Objectivity, Responsibility, Values and Evidence (1).pdf Please read about ethics in your textbooks pp. 341-346 Also, be ready to present your work from yesterday to the class. We will start with a few of these. We will briefly recap the questions:
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Titel 5	Human Sciences (AOK)
Indhold	Kernestof: A radical experiment in empathy Also, please read about scope pp. 246-249. Ponder the KQ "How do we decide whether a particular discipline should be regarded as a human science?" Brief starter questions: We will be enjoying your video essays from your study trip. Task IB Day for IB2 2024.docx Please read about perspectives pp. 251-255 in your textbooks. Pick a KQ (p. 255) and prepare a brief argument with an RLS. Starter: The Alien perspective image.png Positivism vs. humanism: Afsnit 1) Should the human sciences be prescriptive? 1 Please read about methods and tools in your textbooks pp.255-271 - ponder the KQ "What role do models play in the acquisition of knowledge in the human sciences?" Margaret Mead Exploring the Influence of Culture (State) (10 min) Explain the Schelling-model (p. 260) or: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schelling%27s_model_of_segregation Soft sciences harder Diamond 1987_1.pdf Please read pp. 382-383 in your textbooks and the attached TOK-essay: tok_essay_A_en OCR.pdf See if you can find the obligatory elements in the essay. The "must haves": Other difficult ethical questions: Please read about ethics pp. 271-276 in your textbooks. 1Trine Højlund Luca Erik FogedLuca Erik FogedTobias Bay LeanderOskars Larss DruvietisInger Cecilie Lynge NielsenJanus Juul StrømSigne Birkkjær RasmussenLukas Nolsøe Larsen 2Sebastian Jeremiah Soque IbsenKateryna DemianenkoFrederik Albert FentonFanni A New Mindset for Higher Ed \| Jonathan Haidt on Discover Mode and John Tomasi on What Makes a Leader JK Essay must haves p 382.pptx tok_essay_A_en OCR.pdf Pluralism in uni.docx Theory of knowledge prescribed titles spring 2025.pdf Student unpacking October 31.docx
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Titel 6	Mathematics (AOK)
Indhold	Kernestof: Please read about scope in your textbooks pp.281-290. QUOTES ON... mathematics.pdf JK is tending to a sick child. You must work by yourselves. Please read about perspectives in your textbooks pp. 291-296 Also, please read: https://www.hfleducation.org/blog/maths-universal-language-isnt-it Is math discovered or invented? - Jeff Dekofsky image-20241113133650-1.jpeg Essay assessment instrument.pdf Please read about methods and tools pp.297-304. Please ponder the KQ "What is meant by the term 'proof' in mathematics - and how is this different from or similar to, what is meant by this term in other areas of knowledge? The surprising math of cities and corporations - Geoffrey West \| TEDGlobal 2011 Starters - in class (p. 302 & 303) What is contingent vs. necessary truth? How is mathematics akin to the game of chess? What is a theorem? Is 1 = 0,99999 … (…= continue indefinitely) image-20241121093455-1.jpeg image-20241121094049-1.jpeg How to lie using visual proofs Afsnit Ethics in Mathematics–why is it so hard? — MATH VALUES Whats expected of us.pdf Please read about 'unpacking the prescribed title' - textbook pp. 384-389. Bring the book to class. Complete as many steps of activity 1 as you have time for, but in relation to your (possible) choice of prescribed title Theory of knowledge prescribe TOK Guide on exam essay.pdf Structure guide TOK NET.pdf Gym_trivselsmåling_information_letter_about_the_well-being_survey_2024_0.pdf Vejledning i besvarelse af UMV_ENG 1.pdf IB-eleverne tilgår ETU-målingen via følgende link: https://ib.response.dk Alle vores elever tilgår UMV-målingen via følgende link: umv.response.dk Final first interactions - if you haven't talked to me yet, it's very important that you do. Already talked to me? Upload your summary to Managaback so that I can sign it. Refer to 'Resource folder for your TOK Essay'-link on Teams for inspiration. W
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