TOK presentation introduction morning

• TOK
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

The Presentation

Today: TOK - Lunch - EE 

TOK Intro to the presentation 
TOK Planning
TOK Example last year, rubric and PPD 
TOK Prepare 

What do you already know about the TOK presentation?

How long do you have per person?

1. 5 minutes
2. 10 minutes
3. between 5 and 15 minutes
4. no time limit

Is the TOK presentation individual?

1. You have to present alone.
2. You have to present in pairs.
3. You can choose, alone or in a pair.
4. 3 people max.

Who marks the TOK presentation?

1. All presentations are marked by the IB
2. All presentations are marked by me.
3. I mark them, the IB moderates.
4. The IB marks and moderates.

Besides your marks, what gets sent to the IB?

1. A recorded video of your presentation.
2. Your presentation planning form.
3. Both the video and your planning form.
4. Nothing.

Fun fact: Are you the last IB DP group doing an official TOK presentation?

1. Yes, the students next year have to make a TOK exhibition.
2. No, the TOK essay will change but the presentation remains the same.

The basics 

• 10 Minutes per person.
• Max 3 people.
• PPD (presentation planning document) gets sent to IB.
• Marked internally- Moderated externally.
• presentation is 1/3 of final TOK grade. 
• TOK + EE up to 3 extra points. 

The rubric can be found on page 64 of the TOK guide. 

What is a Real Life Situation?

About the real-life situation

The TOK presentation requires students to identify and explore a knowledge question raised by a substantive real-life situation that is of interest to them. The selected real-life situation may arise from a local domain of personal, school, or community relevance, or from a wider one of national, international or global scope. Whatever situation is chosen, it must lend itself naturally to a question about knowledge. 

What is a knowledge question?

What is a knowledge question?

• a question
• open ended (to what extend…, how…, why…)
• about knowledge
• answerable
• tip: rephrase a knowledge question from the IB TOK guide. 

What is a knowledge question? 

A normal question (first order question) is a question directly about the world. 

A TOK knowledge question (second order question) focusses on how we gain our knowledge about the world. 

Real life situation	Question	Knowledge Question
Greta Thunberg on strike.	Why does nobody do anything about global warming until a 15-year-old girl decides to speak up?	To what extent does knowledge have value if it is not applied?
Trump and Fake News	Can I still trust my newspaper?	How can we decide on the validity of conflicting knowledge claims?
Documentary ‘Google Baby”	Is it wrong to pay a poor woman to carry your baby?	How can models help us in ethical decision-making?

Words to make a knowledge question

Reliability, truth, belief, bias, theory, fact, discipline, objectivity, subjectivity, validity, evidence, expertise, pattern, knower, production, paradigm, acquisition, context, inquiry, causality, coherence, consistency, community, interpretation, construct, culture, value, WOK, AOK, words from the knowledge framework etc. etc. 

Who caused the First World War? 

What is the Rorschach Test? 

What makes a great piece of art? 

What is Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? 

Can we talk about art experts in the same way as scientific experts?

Why do human scientists disagree on the reliability of the Rorschach Test? 

Why do historians have different opinions on who caused the First World War? 

Is imagination a key way of knowing in providing us with knowledge about the universe? 

Examples

Who caused the First World War? is a normal (first order) question. Why do historians have different opinions on who caused the First World War? would be a (second order) TOK knowledge question. 

Is the death penalty justified? would be a normal (first order) question. What ways of knowing do people use to arrive at a position on the death penalty? would be a (second order) TOK knowledge question.

What makes a great piece of art? is a normal question. Can we talk about art experts in the same way as scientific experts? would be a TOK knowledge question.

What is the Rorschach Test? is a normal question. Why do human scientists disagree on the reliability of the Rorschach Test? would be a TOK knowledge question.

What is Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? is a normal question. Is imagination a key way of knowing in providing us with knowledge about the universe? would be a TOK knowledge question.

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What are the areas of knowledge (AOK) and ways of knowing (WOK) ?

When to do your TOK presentation?  

During the mock exam week. 

Friday the 12th of June. 

Planning 

week	Wednesday	Friday
19	Today = intro	Hand in: Who do you work with?
20		Hand in: KQ + RS
21	feedback	X ascension day
22	Hand in: planning form	feedback
23	Hand in: planning form + slides	feedback
24		Presentation

From now until 11:30

1. Take a little break. 

2. Watch the example presentation from last year.

3. Download the planning form. 

4. Fill in the planning form, also the marking. 

5. Hand your form in MB. 

6. Be back online at 11:30.

(I will be online for questions) 

https:

Link to the drive 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_qPs2e2xLKZLVbaqaCFLn9OdM2O7wstm?usp=sharing

If you were a teacher, what feedback would you give?

Which questions do you still have about the TOK presentation?

Homework TOK Friday

Inform me about the TOK presentation teams. 

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