{"id":13070,"date":"2020-07-29T05:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/?p=13070"},"modified":"2020-09-01T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T04:39:30","slug":"themes-as-a-trap-tok-essay-is-based-on-areas-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/29\/themes-as-a-trap-tok-essay-is-based-on-areas-of-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Themes as a trap: TOK essay is based on areas of knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>This is the forth in a series of blog posts entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. You can access the full list of blog posts in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/traps-and-loopholes-in-the-new-tok-syllabus\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier I explored traps and opportunities linked to the \u201ccompulsory\u201d knowledge framework in the new TOK spec. Now it\u2019s time to switch over to another key addition in the new course &#8211; the themes. There are both traps and loopholes here as well. (For an overview of the new TOK spec, see <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/06\/25\/the-new-tok-syllabus-at-a-glance\/\">The new TOK syllabus at a glance<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13055\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.themantic-education.com\/collections\/ib-theory-of-knowledge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13055\" src=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-768x1035.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-100x135.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-906x1221.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook-1200x1617.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/Cover-Image-Chapter-3-eBook.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Download the entire chapter for free &#8211; Bias in Personal Knowledge, from &#8220;TOK: A Student&#8217;s Guide.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just a reminder: in the new course there is one compulsory theme (Knowledge and the knower) and five optional themes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledge and technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledge and language<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledge and politics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledge and indigenous societies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowledge and religion<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Overview: <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/traps-and-loopholes-in-the-new-tok-syllabus\/\">Traps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/compulsory-knowledge-framework-as-a-trap-artificial-boundaries\/\">Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: artificial boundaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/compulsory-knowledge-framework-as-a-trap-distribution-of-lesson-time\/\">Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: distribution of lesson time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/compulsory-knowledge-framework-as-an-opportunity-use-key-concepts-and-tick-all-the-boxes\/\">Compulsory knowledge framework as an opportunity: use key concepts and tick all the boxes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must teach the compulsory theme and two out of five optional themes. In the IB-recommended course outline the three themes (one compulsory and two optional) are allocated 32 teaching hours in total, while areas of knowledge are allocated 50.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rationale behind the addition of the themes is, and I quote the Guide, due to \u201c.<em>..their contemporary real-world relevance and their rich potential to stimulate interesting and engaging TOK discussions..<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is very nice and I fully support it. But let\u2019s also look at assessments. Here are some points to consider:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOK essay titles will take the form of knowledge questions <\/span><b>that are focused on the areas of knowledge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This means that by teaching the themes you are not directly preparing students for the essay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of marks, the essay is twice as important as the exhibition (marks for the essay are doubled).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The essay is externally assessed, which in some sense makes the essay a more important assessment component. It will be marked by an external examiner.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you follow the standard linear approach (first the themes, then areas of knowledge), then most of the teaching of areas of knowledge will be happening in the second half of your students\u2019 IB course. That\u2019s exactly when they are getting swamped by other things, such as internal assessments and the extended essays and multiple deadlines.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All these considerations combined make me think that if would be far more productive to start with areas of knowledge, or at least use an approach where the themes and the areas of knowledge are addressed simultaneously. I don\u2019t want to leave areas of knowledge until the end, given how important they are in the assessment structure!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can this be done? Read this blog post:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThemes as an opportunity: Teach areas of knowledge through themes and kill multiple birds with one stone\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (coming soon)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if after reading this blog post you want to object that the exhibition is based on the themes therefore we need to start teaching with the themes, read this blog post:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/29\/themes-as-a-trap-does-the-tok-exhibition-have-to-be-based-on-one-of-the-themes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Themes as a trap: does the TOK exhibition have to be based on one of the themes?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Download a free preview of our TOK Textbook &#8211; &#8220;TOK: A Student&#8217;s Guide&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/07\/TOK-A-Students-Guide-Preview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Free IB TOK Textbook Preview<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the forth in a series of blog posts entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. You can access the full list of blog posts in the series here.\u00a0 Earlier I explored traps and opportunities linked to the \u201ccompulsory\u201d knowledge framework in the new TOK spec. Now it\u2019s time to switch over to another key addition in &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/29\/themes-as-a-trap-tok-essay-is-based-on-areas-of-knowledge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"#ffffff","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,116,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-areas-of-knowledge","category-assessment","category-curriculum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Themes as a trap: TOK essay is based on areas of knowledge | IB Theory of Knowledge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/29\/themes-as-a-trap-tok-essay-is-based-on-areas-of-knowledge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Themes as a trap: TOK essay is based on areas of knowledge | IB Theory of Knowledge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is the forth in a series of blog posts entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. 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