What is TOK all about?
Theory of Knowledge is a required course for IB Diploma Candidates. At SCHS, TOK is taken your senior year. It is one of the center components of the IB curriculum (visit for the general curriculum overview including a description of the hexagon). But what exactly is TOK all about? Click here from the IBO.
"The theory of knowledge (TOK) requirement is central to the educational philosophy of the Diploma Programme.
It offers students and their teachers the opportunity to:
It is a stated aim of TOK students should become aware of the interpretative nature of knowledge, including personal ideological biases, regardless of whether, ultimately, these biases are retained, revised or rejected.
TOK also has an important role to play in providing coherence for the student as it transcends and links academic subject areas, thus demonstrating the ways in which they can apply their knowledge with greater awareness and credibility."
"The theory of knowledge (TOK) requirement is central to the educational philosophy of the Diploma Programme.
It offers students and their teachers the opportunity to:
- reflect critically on diverse ways of learning and on areas of knowledge
- consider the role and nature of knowledge in their own culture, in the cultures of others and in the wider world.
- be aware of themselves as thinkers, encouraging them to become more acquainted with the complexity of knowledge
- recognize the need to act responsibly in an increasingly interconnected but uncertain world.
It is a stated aim of TOK students should become aware of the interpretative nature of knowledge, including personal ideological biases, regardless of whether, ultimately, these biases are retained, revised or rejected.
TOK also has an important role to play in providing coherence for the student as it transcends and links academic subject areas, thus demonstrating the ways in which they can apply their knowledge with greater awareness and credibility."
TOK Paper
The TOK paper is a requirement for the IB diploma. The topic changes each year; this year's topic is below. You can earn up to three points combined for your TOK paper and Extended Essay (see the chart below).
Attached you will find the essay direction packet for 2015.
Attached you will find the essay direction packet for 2015.