TOK 1, Day 44 (12/14): Introduction to the Extended Essay

Aims & Objectives

• make connections between a critical approach to the construction of knowledge, the academic disciplines and the wider world
• identify and analyse the various kinds of justifications used to support knowledge claims
• examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge
• understand the roles played by ways of knowing in the construction of shared and personal knowledge

Agenda:

• Finish OPPs 
• Talk about Chase's paper
• Read/discuss Riley's paper
• Introduction to the Extended Essay
• What it is
• How to do it

TOK 2, Day 43 (12/13): TOK Presentations

Aims & Objectives

• explore a real-life/contemporary situation from a TOK perspective in the presentation.

Agenda

• TOK Presentations!
• Mariana
• Sara
• Tori
• Sophia
• Jacob

TOK 1: Day 43 (12/12): Human Sciences One Page Papers

Aims and Objectives:

• make connections between a critical approach to the construction of knowledge, the academic disciplines and the wider world
• identify and analyse the various kinds of justifications used to support knowledge claims
• examine how academic disciplines/areas of knowledge generate and shape knowledge
• understand the roles played by ways of knowing in the construction of shared and personal knowledge

Agenda:

• Review/Discuss LP Framework
• OPPs: Chase, Rebecca, Emily, Riley

HW:

• Extended Essay Discussion starts Wednesday.
• Midterm: Cultural Feast on Friday.  Please bring a culturally-significant dish to share as well as a brief contextualization for the dish.

TOK 1, Day 42 (12/8): Learning Values, Cont'd

Aims & Objectives
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

Essential Questions

• How does learning occur?
• What are the values that we hope to engender in the IB Program?

Agenda

• The Learner Profile as a Framework for assessment
• Get with your last-class partner and finish work on your current LP Characteristic
• Move to another partner and choose one of the 5 remaining LP Characteristics
• Whole class discussion and compilation of LP Framework for TOK

HW:

• In place of your Blog, please read, review, comment, and edit the Draft LP Framework for Learning. 

TOK 1, Day 41 (12/6): Learning Values

Aims & Objectives
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.

These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.

Essential Questions

• How does learning occur?
• What are the values that we hope to engender in the IB Program?

Agenda

• The IS/OUGHT Problem - Learning Values (the Ought)

• The Learner Profile as a Framework for assessment

HW:

• TOKIRL on Sunday: Consider using it as a place to reflect on this transformative process.

TOK 2, Day 40 (12/5): TOK Presentation

Thank you for the surprise party.  Use this time to put real thought and work into your TOK Presentation.  Presentations will happen on Friday.

Use the links above to access more detailed information on the TOK Presentation.

TOK 1, Day 40 (12/2): Bryce's Paper and A continuing Discussion of Classroom Values

Bryce will (Finally) read. Then we will continue talking about the Is/Ought Problem in IB learning.

TOK 2, Day 39 (12/1): IRW

I am absent today.  Please continue work on your TOK Presentations.