TOK+Essay


 * TOK TOPICS:**
 * Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
 * Compare and contrast knowledge which can be expressed in words/symbols with knowledge that cannot be expressed in this way. Consider CAS and one or more areas of knowledge.
 * Using history and at least one other area of knowledge, examine the claim that it is possible to attain knowledge despite problems of bias and selection.
 * When should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing?
 * What is it about theories in the human sciences and natural sciences that makes them convincing?
 * ‘It is more important to discover new ways of thinking about what is already known than to discover new data or facts’. To what extent would you agree with this claim?
 * ‘The vocabulary we have does more than communicate our knowledge; it shapes what we can know’. Evaluate this claim with reference to different areas of knowledge.
 * Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of using faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge from the ToK diagram.
 * As an IB student, how has your learning of literature and science contributed to your understanding of individuals and societies?
 * ‘Through different methods of justification, we can reach conclusions in ethics that are as well-supported as those provided in mathematics.’ To what extent would you agree?

a) Restatement of the question assigned to you. b) An example of ONE THING you might say or argue in the paper if you chose this topic. c) One article you will / or might use in your extended essay. (EE)


 * Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in __two__ areas of knowledge. **


 * Restatement **** : **
 * Critical thinking: ** it involves determining the meaning and significance of what is observed or expressed, or, concerning a given conclusion or argument, determining whether there is enough justification to accept the conclusion as true. It is careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.
 * Creative thinking: ** it is the process of thinking about ideas or situations in inventive and unusual ways in order to understand them better and respond to them in a new and constructive manner; learners think creatively in all subject areas when they imagine, invent, alter or improve a concept or product

There is always side of knowledge that we can’t see and each one of us has his/her view to that knowledge. (Beware of relativism) That means, everything around us has a critical and creative thinking, but it depends on the eye that is looking to that thing. Some of us are seeing the world from the creative side and others are seeing it from the critical side or evaluating way. The world needs both sides to stand, we need people who create and the ones who are evaluate and they both can give decision or suggestion.

- *In a science experiment, we need both sides (critical and creative) to go through the process. The scientist needs to have the basic idea and what is he/she going to test and then she/he needs to think about **how** is she/he going to represent the it and in which way should he/she **design** it to make sense for others when they look to it again or to understand it. - * In an artwork, for example: building a house. The owner of the land needs to find builder and architect, because both of them are important for the building to be created and ready to use. The architect creativity and builder work are the main things that give the stones or bricks value.
 * Example: **

[|**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLPL5p0fMg**] [|**http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_thinking.htm**] [|**http://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/critthnk.html**] [|**http://www.engin.umich.edu/~cre/probsolv/strategy/crit-n-creat.htm**]
 * One article you will / or might use in your extended essay: **

What I think I will do for my TOK presentation:(those are just a first ideas) Can the language that parents use affect the future of the children?