THE TOK PRESENTATION
What is the Presentation designed to do?
The ToK Presentation as a form of Assessment
How to go about doing the Presentation
How is the Presentation Assessed?
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1. What is the Presentation Designed to do?
Consider the history of teaching / learning: Oral conversation as a form of discourse is considerably
older than writing – Confucius, Buddha, Plato, Homer – bards
Some teachers and pupils “feel” more comfortable talking and listening than reading and writing things down
Why do scientists dislike writing essays so much, yet enjoy the opportunity to engage in intellectual
discussion? Why is the concept of an “academic paper” only of a
written essay that is read out loud?
1. What is the Presentation Designed to do?• The ToK Presentation is an opportunity for you to talk about a knowledge issue that is related closely to a real life situation that has personal relevance to you as the centre of your learning profile.
• The IB ToK Guide states that:The emphasis in the TOK presentation is on demonstrating an understanding of knowledge at work in the world.
This means that it is your chance to show that the sort of questions you have been asking in ToK can be asked of situations in the real world.
1. What is the Presentation Designed to do?In your Presentation, you should:
a) Link clearly a real life situation/event with a Knowledge Issueb) Outline the real life situation / event brieflyc) Explore the Knowledge Issue that comes from it in a general way and in terms of
The Ways of Knowing – Perception, Language, Reason, Emotion
The Areas of Knowledge – Arts, History, Mathematics, Human Science, Natural Science, Ethics
d) Relate back to the original real life situation/event AND other real life situations / events
A: IDENTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
B: TREATMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
10 minutes per person and 4 Criteria:
C: KNOWER’S PERSPECTIVE
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?
D: CONNECTIONS
A: IDENTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
Did the presentation identify a relevant knowledge issue involved, implicit or embedded in a real-life situation?
1. Find a real life situation that has personal relevance
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion A:
2. Extract from it a knowledge issue3. Show clearly how the knowledge issue and the situation are related
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?What the criteria say: Criterion A: Identifying the Knowledge Issue
B: TREATMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ISSUES
Did the Presentation show a good understanding of knowledge issues, in the context of the real-life situation?
Show that you understand the knowledge issue – and any other knowledge issues that arise during your exploration and development.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion B:
Show clear progression in your thinking and logical approach..cont’d
B: TREATMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ISSUES
Did the Presentation show a good understanding of knowledge issues, in the context of the real-life situation?
Ideas to explore are: the influence of a knower’s
attributes on their interpretation of a situation
The role of relevant WoKs in creating knowledge about the situation
The methods used by different AoKs in handling the situation
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion B:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?What the criteria say: Criterion B:
Treatment of the Knowledge Issues
C:KNOWER’S PERSPECTIVE
Did the Presentation, particularly in the use of arguments and examples, show an individual approach and demonstrate the significance of the topic?
Show, through your mastery of the material you present, how the topic is significant to you as a knower.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion C:
Think ahead and demonstrate ownership of the topic...cont’d
C: KNOWER’S PERSPECTIVE
Did the Presentation, particularly in the use of arguments and examples, show an individual approach and demonstrate the significance of the topic?
Construct your arguments from your own reflections NOT those of others
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion C:
Choose examples from your own experiences wherever possibleDemonstrate why your audience should care
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?
What the criteria say: Criterion C: Knower’s Perspective
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?
• Did the Presentation give a balanced account of how the topic could be approached from different perspectives?
• Did the Presentation show how the positions taken on the various knowledge issues would have implications in related areas?
Use the Ways of Knowing and Areas of Knowledge to explore other perspectives.
What you need to do:
Criterion D:
Consider their wider implications and how this might lead to alternative approaches in other real life situations.
Quality not quantity.…cont’d
Connections
C: CONNECTIONS
Did the Presentation give a balanced account of how the topic could be approached from different perspectives?
Did the Presentation show how the positions taken on the various knowledge issues would have implications in related areas?
Suggestions are:Look for different approaches to
the KI not to the interpretation of the real life situation
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?Criterion D:
Consider whether different WoKs and AoKs lead to different approaches
Try not to turn your presentation into a debateShow wider implications by linking to other real life situations
2. How is the Presentation Assessed?
What the criteria say: Criterion D: Connections
Structure:3. How to go about doing the Presentation
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Real-Life SituationOther Real-Life
Situation
Other Real-LifeSituation
Knowledge Issue(recognized)
Knowledge Issue(s)(developed)
extraction
progression
application
REAL LIFE SITUATION
I watched “Les Miserables” at the theatre. In the play, Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed his family – he is pursued constantly by Javert for his crime.
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
Example:
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONIn “Les Miserables”, Valjean steals some
bread and is pursued by Javert for his crime
KNOWLEDGE ISSUEHow do we know
when a punishmentis appropriate?
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONIn “Les Miserables”, Valjean steals some
bread and is pursued by Javert for his crime
KNOWLEDGE ISSUEHow do we know
when a punishmentis appropriate?
What is the purpose of punishment?
How do differentcultures punish?
Crime = punishment ?
My friend is a lawyer and has a list of what
punishments are deemed appropriate
Can crime be justified?
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONIn “Les Miserables”, Valjean steals some
bread and is pursued by Javert for his crime
KNOWLEDGE ISSUEHow do we know
when a punishmentis appropriate?
What is the purpose of punishment?
How do differentcultures punish?
Crime = punishment ?
My friend is a lawyer and has a list of what
punishments are deemed appropriate
The need for law and order
Ethical and humanitarian perspectives
The influence of
language
The conflict between
emotion and reason in deciding
Factors contributing to the crime
Can crime be justified?
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONIn “Les Miserables”, Valjean steals some
bread and is pursued by Javert for his crime
KNOWLEDGE ISSUEHow do we know
when a punishmentis appropriate?
What is the purpose of punishment?
How do differentcultures punish?
Crime = punishment ?
My friend is a lawyer and has a list of what
punishments are deemed appropriate
The need for law and order
Ethical and humanitarian perspectives
The influence of
language
The conflict between
emotion and reason in deciding
Other “literary” examples
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Lord of the Flies
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Political crimes
007 USA
Internationalconcerns?
Zimbabwe UAE
Factors contributing to the crime
Can crime be justified?
REAL LIFE SITUATION
The S.E. Asian Tsunami Disaster,
Christmas 2004.
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KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
Another Example:
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONThe 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami andthe location ofits epicentre
KNOWLEDGE ISSUETo what extent doesprediction test the
validity of a scientifictheory? KEY: Extraction
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONThe 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami andthe location ofits epicentre
KNOWLEDGE ISSUETo what extent doesprediction test the
validity of a scientifictheory?
General nature ofscientific theory
Predictionsgenerated
by standardtectonic theory
Geology: tectonictheory as an
explanation forcontinental drift
Explanatory power,predictions from patterns
Strengths
KEY: ExtractionDevelopment
Application back
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONThe 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami andthe location ofits epicentre
KNOWLEDGE ISSUETo what extent doesprediction test the
validity of a scientifictheory?
General nature ofscientific theory
Predictionsgenerated
by standardtectonic theory
Geology: tectonictheory as an
explanation forcontinental drift
Explanatory power,predictions from patterns
Amenability toexperimentation,historical versus
experimental data
Application of,and responses to,these difficultiesin the context of
the tsunami
Problems of inductionand generalization
Difficulties withmeasurement, specifying
Initial conditions
Confounding variables,complexity of interactions
Observer effects
Problems
Strengths
KEY:Extraction
DevelopmentApplication
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REAL LIFE SITUATIONThe 2004 Indian
Ocean tsunami andthe location ofits epicentre
Biology: evolution bynatural selection:
homology, palaeontology,artificial selection, etc.
KNOWLEDGE ISSUETo what extent doesprediction test the
validity of a scientifictheory?
General nature ofscientific theory
Predictionsgenerated
by standardtectonic theory
Geology: tectonictheory as an
explanation forcontinental drift
Explanatory power,predictions from patterns
Amenability toexperimentation,historical versus
experimental data
Application of,and responses to,these difficultiesin the context of
the tsunami
Chemistry:Mendeleev and
periodicity
Economics:the Phillips
curve
Chemistry:valence shellelectron pair
repulsion theory
Problems of inductionand generalization
Difficulties withmeasurement, specifying
Initial conditions
Confounding variables,complexity of interactions
Observer effects
ProblemsStrengths
Other real-lifesituations (natural
sciences and human sciences)
KEY: ExtractionDevelopment
Application backApplication onward
…often they may take topics that were already treated in other courses.
One of the suggestions IB has…
What sort of topics have you looked at in other classes?
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individually, as best you can. When you are done, compare yours to the
others sitting at your table.
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THE TOK PRESENTATION
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