Theory of Knowledge, or TOK, is a course unique to the IB Diploma Program in which students inquire into the ways of knowing and areas of knowledge. Students enrolled in the full diploma program are required to take TOK. Students who are not enrolled in the diploma, but who take at least one individual IB course, are permitted to enroll in TOK as well.

In TOK, students will be asked to explore the following types of questions:

• How is knowledge gained?
• What role does personal experience play in the formation of knowledge claims?
• Does knowledge come from the inside or outside? Do we construct reality or do we recognize it?
• To what extent do we act individually in creating new knowledge? What are the strengths of working in a knowledge community? What are the dangers?
• Do we need to grow up in a human community to develop ways of knowing or are we hard-wired to be able to know them?
• Does making a knowledge claim carry any particular obligation or responsibility for the knower?

Check out the Matrix attached below to see how grades earned in TOK and on the Extended Essay yield additional points for the diploma.

For more information, please visit Ms. Czajkowski's TOK page here.

The Diploma Points Matrix

Theory of Knowledge: May 2015 onwards