Tag: tok
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May 2026 TOK Prescribed Titles Explained with Examples
The Theory of Knowledge (TOK) titles for May 2026 session has been released: In the production of knowledge, does it matter that observation is an essential but flawed tool? Discuss with reference to the natural sciences and one other area of knowledge. To what extent do you agree that doubt is central to the pursuit…
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November 2025 TOK Essay Titles Explained with Examples
The November 2025 TOK Essay Prescribed Titles have been released. Here they are below: For historians and artists, do conventions limit or expand their ability to produce knowledge? Discuss with reference to history and the arts. What is the relationship between knowing and understanding? Discuss with reference to twoareas of knowledge. Should knowledge in an area…
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November 2024 TOK Essay Prescribed Titles (Detailed Explanations and Examples)
The November 2024 session Theory of Knowledge essay prescribed titles are out now! Here they are: Does our responsibility to acquire knowledge vary according to the area of knowledge? Discuss with reference to history and one other area of knowledge. In the production of knowledge, is ingenuity always needed but never enough? Discuss with reference…
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November 2023 TOK Essay Titles Explained with Examples
The prescribed titles for the November 2023 TOK Essay has been released! Here are all the titles with detailed explanation and examples to get you started: Are facts alone enough to prove a claim? Discuss with reference to any two areas of knowledge. If “the mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s and the poet’s, must be…
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TOK 101: The knowledge framework explained with examples
The knowledge framework serves as the foundational underpinnings for you to unpack the nature of knowledge in each Area of Knowledge. This is essential for the TOK Essay and can be very helpful for the TOK Exhibition as well. This article serves as a quick summary of each part of the framework to allow for…
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Deconstructing a 10/10 TOK Exhibition: How to score full marks!
The TOK Exhibition is a new assessment in the revised TOK syllabus for first examination in 2022. Since it is a new format, there is quite a bit of confusion on how to do well on it. The best way to learn is to look at what the IB considers to be a 10/10 full…
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TOK 101: Areas of Knowledge Explained
See the full article on MyIBTutor The Theory of Knowledge (TOK) course is split into two parts. Themes, and Areas of Knowledge. For the exhibition, students focus on the themes learned during the first year of the IB Diploma Programme, while the TOK Essay focuses on the Areas of Knowledge (AOK) primarily introduced in the…
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How to plan and structure your TOK Exhibition
The TOK Exhibition is a new assessement task for the revised Theory of Knowledge syllabus replacing the group presentations prior. You are required to write a maximum of 950 words on three objects of your choice that show how TOK manifests in the world around us by answering one out of a list of question…
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Choosing Objects for the TOK Exhibition
The TOK Exhibition is the first assessment task to be completed by students in the TOK course. Students need to choose three objects to comment on and discuss with respect to a chosen prompt out of the prescribed list of questions. Being a new assessment introduced in the current syllabus, there is still lots of…
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TOK 101: The Twelve Key Concepts
In the new TOK syllabus, emphasis is placed on the 12 key concepts. This is especially important in the new TOK Exhibition assessment task – the first assessment that TOK students will complete. It is very important to familiarise yourself with these concepts so you can use them consistently in your writing. I suggest coming…
