*** Problem *** A big change in my day-to day teaching of TOK that I made recently is the introduction of workbooks into every lesson. I was looking back at my teaching experience and realised one thing. When we start teaching this new daunting subject, we worry a lot more about how we will teach than how our students will …
Does TOK as a subject have its own content?
I heard many times how someone claimed that TOK as a subject has no content of its own. TOK, they said, uses the content knowledge students already have from all their other subjects, and the purpose of TOK is to reflect on that knowledge. I understand where they are coming from, but I disagree. I think that perhaps the biggest …
Themantic Education’s menu of lessons
We believe in the powerful combination of structure and flexibility. That’s how Themantic TOK materials are designed. On the one hand, you can take our materials and use it as a ready-made, fully developed course. Follow our sequence of lessons, use our lesson plans, activities and workbooks, and take your students through this whole pre-designed learning experience. On the other …
Download FREE Teacher Support Pack for TOK lessons
This Teacher Support Pack is designed to assist you in the teaching of Unit 3, Bias in Personal Knowledge. AND IT’S FREE! All of our TSPs come with everything you need to teach the unit: Unit plan and lesson plans A student workbook where they take notes, write answers and do activities. The teacher’s version of the same workbook, with suggested …
Compulsory knowledge framework as an opportunity: use key concepts and tick all the boxes
Read more: Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: distribution of lesson time Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: artificial boundaries This is the third in a series of blog posts entitled “Traps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus”. You can access the full list of blog posts in the series here. Earlier I explored two potential traps in the …