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What is the Theory of Knowledge?

The IB Diploma Program’s Theory of Knowledge, or ToK, is one of three core components that all students are required to take. The Diploma Programme’s educational ethos is centered around the TOK prerequisite. Additionally, it offers the learner the chance to think about the nature of knowledge. The students are also given the chance to investigate how their personal perspectives relate to various subject areas. The curriculum is structured to encourage inquiry and pique pupils’ enthusiasm about a range of subjects.

TOK is assessed based on two parts

Exhibition

Through an exhibition, the student must apply TOK to actual scenarios. The student must select 3 items and one of the IB’s IA prompts. a justification for your object choice and an explanation of how it affects the outside world. The student is required to explain the significance of the topic they have chosen, relate it to a knowledge question that is relevant to it, and consider the effects of posing the question in a different way. This component is internally marked.

Essay

A 1600 word essay must be written on one of the six IB-required subjects. Since it pertains to actual life situations rather than just applying it, this calls for deeper conceptual thought. The student should present claims and counterclaims, relating knowledge issues to other fields of knowledge and ways of knowing, and supporting their own original ideas. This component is externally marked.

What are the benefits of doing the Theory of Knowledge?

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) places a specific emphasis on the Theory of Knowledge (TOK) by giving students the chance to consider the nature of knowing and how we know what we claim to know. The three main kinds of knowledge are: what we know, what we know we don’t know, and what we don’t know we don’t know. The goal of TOK is to educate students on the interpretive nature of knowledge, including their own personal ideologies and whether they should be accepted, changed, or rejected.

Additionally, TOK encourages students to be conscious of their own thinking processes and to learn more about the complexity of information. It also helps them realize the need to act ethically in a world that is becoming more interconnected but uncertain.

By tying together and transcending academic subject areas, TOK also offers coherence for the student. As a result, it exemplifies how students can apply their information with increased credibility and awareness.

How can we help you with your ToK components?

Our teachers at Tychr can help you perform well on the ToK and earn an A. As there is no correct response to any question, it will be difficult to ace the ToK even if you are an academically motivated student. With no question, having an IB ToK tutor will help you comprehend this subject better and prevent confusion with each concept you study. We will assist you with idea generation, step-by-step instructions, reviewing drafts, and essay finalization. Don’t worry! We have your back!

Exhibition

There are 3 steps to doing the exhibition; Picking an IA prompt, finding 3 objects/images that relate to the prompt, preparing a 950-word document that must have the title of our IA prompt, the pictures of the three objects, and a description of the object. This description must identify each object and its unique real-world background. No need to worry, our tutors can help you in every step of the way. First, they would sit and analyze all the list of IA prompts you have received from the IB. Since this decides the entire course of the exhibition, it is important to be crystal clear with the choice you make here. Furthermore, you write the descriptions only based on your objects, so they need to be good selections too. Our tutors will not do the work as such, however, they will nudge you in the right direction to complete the exhibition with quality and on time.

Essay

There are 5 steps to getting a good essay done and our tutor will be your guide throughout the journey. TYCHR’s tutors will help you in choosing your TOK essay title, planning your TOK essay structure, researching your TOK essay content, writing your essay and reviewing drafts of your essay. While we cant force you to choose a topic, we can provide suggestions that we think you’d do better with. Later, with one-to-one online planning sessions you and TYCHR’s tutors can identify the areas of knowledge, and knowledge issues, most relevant to the chosen essay. The research part is mostly done on the students' part because it is gathering secondary knowledge from the internet. After writing the essay, we can assure you that our tutors will leave detailed feedback, contextual comments, an overall summary comment and how it would be graded with regards to the IB TOK assessment objectives.