Instructions and Advice
Your next theory of knowledge essay must be submitted to your teacher. It must be written on one of the three titles (questions) provided below. Your essay will be marked according to the full essay assessment criteria. Remember to centre your essay on knowledge issues and, where appropriate, refer to other parts of your IB programme and to your experiences as a knower. Always justify your statements and provide relevant examples to illustrate your arguments. Pay attention to the implications of your arguments, and remember to consider what can be said against them. External sources must be cited according to MLA convention.
Note that statements in quotations in these titles are not necessarily authentic: they present a real point of view but may not have been spoken or written by an actual person. It is appropriate to analyse them but it is unnecessary, even unwise, to spend time on researching a context for them.
Teachers will mark essays against the title as set. Respond to the title exactly as given; do not alter it in any way.
Your essay must be between 1200 and 1600 words in length, and is to be submitted during the TOK lessons on Tuesday 28th April. Previous instructions concerning line-spacing, word-count, exact copying of title, etc. apply.
Prescribed Titles
1) "We are more likely to be mistaken in our generalizations than in our particular observations." Do you agree?
2) In areas of knowledge such as the arts and the sciences, do we learn more from work that follows or that breaks with accepted conventions?
3) Consider the meaning of justification in different areas of knowledge. Is any one kind of justification more compelling than any other?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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2 comments:
Hi Everyone,
Wishing you a happy Easter wherever you may be - at home somewhere perhaps or just behind my house playing that music I can hear...!
Just to say that if you have any questions about this assignment you are welcome to post them here. I will be happy of answer them as long as they don't interfere with the educational goals of the task itself - in which case I will tell you very politely!
I think you would be very smart if you dedicated some time to your response during the vacation. Last minute means rush; last minute means no time to put your work away and come back to it with a fresh perspective... These things are so crucial - try it and you will reap the rewards...
Very helpful advice. Hope you are, like all our students, having a wonderful break. On my part, i'm bored out of my skull. Reading a few books, doing some research, and enjoying the rainy weather.
That's a mini-update from me, hope the assignment is going well.
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