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In Search of Knowledge at Commack High School
In Search of Knowledge at Commack High School. Monday, August 24, 2009. Aims of the course. According to the IB Subject Guide, the aims of the TOK course are to:. 1 Develop a fascination with the richness of knowledge as a human endeavour, and an understanding of the empowerment that follows from reflecting upon it. 2 Develop an awareness of how knowledge is constructed, critically examined, evaluated and renewed, by communities and individuals. Monday, August 24, 2009. Sunday, August 23, 2009. 2 generat...
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Ways of Knowing: Perception
Ways of Knowing: Perception. Friday, September 11, 2009. Truth and Chuck Norris. Three Theories of Truth. 1 Truth as corresponding. With reality (the truth is out there, we just find it). 2 Truth as what is pragmatic or functional. What works become the truth). 3 Truth as intersubjectivity. What is agreed upon through debate). What they are really saying is, "Do you think truth exists independently of everyone as a standard by which we should judge our beliefs? A What is the truth about Chuck Norris?
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Extended Essay
Saturday, March 28, 2009. Structure and Layout: The Biblography. Some formalities that you MUST follow:. 1 Read and appropriately reference at least TWO books/articles (from journals/specialist magazines or newspapers) wrritten in hard print! 3 The basic formula for referencing is as follows (please remember to use the correct punctuation! Author's surname, Author's initials, 'Title of Article' [in single inverted commas], Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Title [in italics], Volume, Number, Place of publicatio...
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Knowing
Saturday, August 29, 2009. What Do We Know? One time while I was sleeping my watch broke at 5:03, but I didn’t realize it. I was asleep at the time, and when I woke up, I just put my watch on without looking at it. The next time I looked at my watch it was actually 5:03, as my watch read. So, did I KNOW. What time it was or not? Monday, August 24, 2009. What was the cause of 9/11 Topic 1. Stephen Colbert, interviewing Dinesh D'Souza, a neo-conservative. Is the truth out there? You will need to consider t...
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Prescribed title
Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Theory of Knowledge Assessment Rubric. A Understanding knowledge issues. This criterion is concerned with the extent to which the essay focuses on knowledge. Issues relevant to the prescribed title, and with the depth and breadth of the understanding demonstrated in the essay by drawing distinctions within ways of knowing and areas of knowledge, or by connecting several facets of knowledge issues to these and making comparisons between ways of knowing and areas of knowledge.
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Ethics
Thursday, September 1, 2011. Plagiarism do the Lines Blur. During the past few classes. We have discussed academic integrity. Pick two Areas of Knowledge (Math, Natural Science, Human Science, History, Art and Ethics). Compare and contrast how plagiarism would be defined for these two Areas of Knowledge. Your response should be a word-processed document consisting of at least 10 sentences. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. A clean cell in hell awaits hijacker. Supermax is the major industry in Florence, a town...
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Theory of Knowledge: Year Two
Theory of Knowledge: Year Two. Monday, September 15, 2014. Thursday, August 28, 2014. Introduction to Year Two. 1 intro to year 2 2014. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Read the article below about twitter outlining the different theories of learning and how Twitter could be used for each. Which theory do you think best applies to our IB program? Which theory do you find most helpful as a style of learning? Which theory do you find most helpful as a style of learning? Within cognitivism, a clear distinction betwe...
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Ways of Knowing: Reason
Ways of Knowing: Reason. Monday, August 24, 2009. Reason and Critical Thinking (Post 1). What is Critical Thinking? Recently there has been a shift to promote critical thinking as part of your everyday curriculum. The assumption built into critical thinking is that it is about evaluating an argument according to the quality of the justification and the quality of the persuasion. Why all this fuss about arguments? The general answer is that unlike descriptions, jokes, stories, exclamations, questions, and...
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Ways of Knowing: Emotion
Ways of Knowing: Emotion. Wednesday, September 23, 2009. The Enemies of Reason is a two-part television documentary, written and presented by evolutionary biologist. Part 4 Dowsing (explain a double blind test). Part 6 Satish Kumar (make a connection between this thinking and MMR vaccine scandal). Thursday, August 27, 2009. 1 "Men in Black" on Knowledge. Issues and questions to consider. 1) What does the word "know," in the various forms used in this quote from the third sentence on, mean? So many factor...
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Art
Tuesday, April 3, 2012. How might we distinguish between TOK claims made about the nature of art? The youtube clip below begins with the claim, “Art is anything that anyone creates which evokes a reaction from someone else.”. Other claims made include:. 8220;Just becasue you say its art, it doesn’t mean it’s art…”. 8220;the monkey that throws pooh, he’s making art, because he’s living the experience….that’s art…”. Saturday, October 30, 2010. Just what do the arts have to offer school children? These are ...
