TOK PRESENTATION THERE ARE 3 PARTS TO A

TOK PRESENTATION

THERE ARE 3 PARTS TO A WELL‐STRUCTURED PRESENTATION: 1. Start with a real life situation 2. Develop a knowledge question from this (KQ) 3. Explore the KQ through inquiry Parts 1 and 2 should be covered fairly quickly. Part 3 should make up the bulk of the presentation.

PRESENTATION CRITERIA The TOK Oral Presentation is a 10 minute presentation you must give in class on a topic of your choosing. As long as you have identified a proper knowledge issue, and have chosen an appropriate case study, there are few limitations on the format of your TOK presentation. q It must address a real life situation q It must focus on a well formulated knowledge question q The knowledge question must be effectively explored within the context of the real life situation q Counterclaims must be addressed q Appropriate AOKs and WOKs must be addressed with effective links being made to the knowledge question and the real life situation.

MUST HAVES FOR THE TOK PRESENTATION! • Well-formulated knowledge question! • Exploration of KQ through TOK concepts • AOKs, WOKs, perspectives, uncertainties • Provide counterclaims! • All students must complete PPD (this is what examiners see) • REMEMBER!!! This is not a presentation on your topic, it’s a presentation on your knowledge question!!!!

OUTLINE FOR TOK PRESENTATION q Topic q Knowledge question(s) to be addressed q Areas of Knowledge where you will place your focus (at least 2) q Ways of Knowing to be referenced (at least 2) q Examples to be used to support your side and present your perspective q Counter claims: Examples to be used to support the other side q Implications seen in other areas

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SOME POSSIBLE IDEAS… RLS: Accusations of plagiarism in Rachel Dolezal’s artwork. KQ: How do personal and shared knowledge interact in processes of artistic creation ? RLS: Ideological arguments regarding historical analyses of the causes of the First World War. KQ: What are the potential biases when we regard history as a series of human actions ? RLS: The growth of Black Friday Christmas Shopping Sales. KQ: How do personal knowledge and shared knowledge interact in the construction of the economic actor ? RLS: The apparent increasing narcissism of humans (e. g. rise in body dysmorphic disorder, taking selfies, eating disorders etc). KQ: How can we increase objectivity in human sciences when we are studying ourselves ? RLS: Scientists claim that they observed particles travelling faster than the speed of light. KQ: How do subjective human motivations influence apparently objective scientific measures ? RLS: Scientists claim that they have statistical evidence for racial differences in intelligence. KQ: Should ethical consideration be taken when designing scientific research ? or KQ: Does avoidance of confirmation bias lead to disregarding Popper’s Black Swan ? RLS: A psychologist joined an end of the world cult. KQ: To what extent can we observe, and understand, phenomena without influencing the object of study ? RLS: Priests and Clergy who don’t believe in God. KQ: What type of evidence would convince you that God does not exist ? RLS: Factory closes and local economy collapses. KQ: How can we develop frameworks to judge long term good over short term loss ? RLS: Hormones are the basis of love and attraction. KQ: Does looking for causes in human sciences necessarily reduce the free will of the individual ?

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