Learning TOK in a fun way!

 

TOK, also known as Theory of Knowledge, plays a special role in the IB Diploma Programme as it helps students reflect on the nature of knowledge and understand how they know what they know. Since the beginning of the new academic year, DP-1 students have started to take a look at the concepts and ideas of TOK. TOK has over 12 concepts which includes: Power, Culture, Responsibility, Truth, Perspective, Values, Objectivity, Justification, Evidence, Explanation, Interpretation and Certainty, along with 4 knowledge frameworks including Scope, Perspectives, Methods and Tools and last but not least, Ethics. 

 Recently, students of DP-1 have done a fun activity named “TOK Object Based Activity.” In a previous class, each student was given a card which had a specific TOK concept written on it and was told to explain it. In the following class, students were asked to bring an object which represented their given TOK concept. I must say, some of us had some very unique ideas with our objects. Some students brought their school diary to represent responsibility, some brought a traditional Bengali decoration to explain culture, while some brought a simple yet interesting object such as a glass of water to explain perspective. An activity as simple yet creative as this has helped many of us understand the different concepts of TOK and has given us an idea as to how we can use these concepts in our future writing for TOK.