

Which is why it makes sense to study this chapter in the first year of the IB DP programme. Therefore, arguments related to personal knowledge (Chapter 3) will not be that relevant in a TOK essay, however, they will be highly relevant in a TOK exhibition.

This is important to understand because TOK essay titles will be based on areas of (shared) knowledge. Areas of knowledge are always areas of shared knowledge.

Bias in shared knowledge (Chapter 4) links to areas of knowledge.

Bias in personal knowledge (Chapter 3) links to the IB Core theme, “Knowledge and the knower”.It includes all lesson plans, student workbooks, activities and PowerPoint presentations.Īs you might know, the IB no longer uses the distinction between personal knowledge and shared knowledge in the Guide, but we decided to revive it because it brings more clarity: Warning: After studying the chapter some of your deeply rooted beliefs may be shattered.ĭon’t forget to download our (free) Teacher Support Pack for the chapter. Buy the complete textbook here (Available August, 2020) You will see that all four elements of the knowledge framework are consistently addressed in each lesson, but questions of ethics are also specialized in a standalone lesson at the end of the chapter (Compos Mentis). It also builds several key thinking skills, most importantly, analogical reasoning and what-if thought experiments. The chapter will guide students in a journey of self-reflection through the lens of TOK concepts: how can they know if their knowledge is biased? Is there anything they can do about it? This chapter includes 10 lessons focused on how bias (one of our overarching concepts) manifests itself in the knowledge that we acquire in our everyday lives. In what ways does bias affect our everyday knowledge?.The key questions targeted in Chapter 3 (Bias in personal knowledge) are simple but at the same time profound: Like all themantic materials, this eBook chapter “Bias in Personal Knowledge” from our new TOK textbook is based on addressing real world problems and issues that are meaningful and relevant for students. Alexey Popov and the ThemEd team have been working hard on our new TOK textbook, “TOK: A Student’s Guide.” The entire third chapter, “Bias in Personal Knowledge” is now available for free on our website.
