This course is designed to allow the student provide students with the opportunity to engage with issues such as the nature and acquisition of knowledge, the relationship between language and thinking, logic and ways of knowing in Science, Mathematics, History, Art and Social Science. Students will also explore the means by which moral, ethical, aesthetic and political judgments are made, with special consideration for differences in perspective such as awareness of cultural, religious or individual differences. Students are encouraged to reflect upon their entire academic career and make connections between the areas of knowledge and ways of knowing that they have studied, as well as being expected to demonstrate understanding of the interaction between shared and personal knowledge. They will also analyze and reflect on their CAS experiences as a means of gaining experiential knowledge in the context of the real world. This course is required for all full diploma IB students.
Students will complete their Formal TOK Presentation in May, which will account for 33% of their total IB TOK grade.