{"id":13094,"date":"2020-08-21T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T03:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/?p=13094"},"modified":"2020-08-23T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T22:50:22","slug":"personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-an-opportunity-why-we-need-these-terms-back-when-we-teach-thematically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-an-opportunity-why-we-need-these-terms-back-when-we-teach-thematically\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal and shared knowledge as an opportunity: Why we need these terms back when we teach thematically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>This blog post belongs to a series entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. You can access the full list of blog posts in the series <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/traps-and-loopholes-in-the-new-tok-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the previous blog post (see <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) I suggested that the distinction between personal and shared knowledge was removed from the new Guide because it does not sit well with the Optional themes. It is easy to explain that the Core theme \u201cKnowledge and the knower\u201d is (kind of) about personal knowledge and Areas of knowledge are about shared knowledge. But with Optional themes, it\u2019s a mixture of the two. Not easy to separate.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13055\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/08\/TOK-A-Students-Guide-Ch3-eBook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"wp-image-13055 size-medium\" 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;\">I also said that there may be a trap here. The thing is, we know that <\/span><b>TOK essay titles will be focused on areas of knowledge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Therefore, in the TOK essay the focus should be on shared knowledge, and students should not be overusing examples and arguments related to personal knowledge. So, terminology has been removed, but the distinction between personal knowledge and shared knowledge <\/span><b>is still implicitly there<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, it affects assessment, so it\u2019s actually more important than ever!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you teach thematically, you teach areas of knowledge <\/span><b>through themes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than separately from them. This allows you to make the course holistic &#8211; the way it\u2019s supposed to be. But then students must know that some arguments are acceptable for the essay and some are not. How do we ensure that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/traps-and-loopholes-in-the-new-tok-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overview: Traps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/compulsory-knowledge-framework-as-a-trap-artificial-boundaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: artificial boundaries<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/08\/compulsory-knowledge-framework-as-a-trap-distribution-of-lesson-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compulsory knowledge framework as a trap: distribution of lesson time<\/span><\/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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compulsory knowledge framework as an opportunity: use key concepts and tick all the boxes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/07\/29\/themes-as-a-trap-tok-essay-is-based-on-areas-of-knowledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Themes as a trap: TOK essay is based on areas of knowledge<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Themes as a trap: Does the TOK exhibition have to be based on one of the themes?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-a-trap-why-has-the-difference-been-removed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Personal and shared knowledge as a trap: Why has the difference been removed?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a solution that is simple and elegant &#8211; <\/span><b>restore the distinction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between personal and shared knowledge! Make it clear to the students that now we are discussing examples of personal knowledge, and now we are switching over to shared knowledge. Viola.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is exactly what we have done in our textbook. We have returned the distinction back to the course. This allows us to teach themes and areas of knowledge simultaneously. At the same time, students clearly understand what belongs to shared knowledge and hence acceptable in the essay.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no penalty in the IB for using these terms. They removed them from the Guide simply because these terms didn\u2019t sit well with the optional themes. However, the Themantic approach structures the course differently, and the terms \u201cpersonal knowledge\u201d and \u201cshared knowledge\u201d do a very good job in terms of clarity. They allow students to clearly understand what can be used and what cannot be used in the TOK essay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers often notice that we have \u201cpersonal knowledge\u201d and \u201cshared knowledge\u201d in the titles of our chapters. I hope this blog post clarifies why and dispels your doubts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read further: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal and shared knowledge as a trap: <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-a-trap-why-has-the-difference-been-removed\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why has the difference been removed?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Download <a href=\"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-an-opportunity-why-we-need-these-terms-back-when-we-teach-thematically\/s-guide-ch3-ebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-13096 noreferrer\">FREE eBook Chapter 3<\/a> for TOK &#8211; Bias in Personal Knowledge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post belongs to a series entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. You can access the full list of blog posts in the series here.\u00a0 In the previous blog post (see here) I suggested that the distinction between personal and shared knowledge was removed from the new Guide because it does not sit well with the &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibtok\/2020\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-an-opportunity-why-we-need-these-terms-back-when-we-teach-thematically\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13095,"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":[116,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assessment","category-curriculum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Personal and shared knowledge as an opportunity: Why we need these terms back when we teach thematically | 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\/08\/21\/personal-and-shared-knowledge-as-an-opportunity-why-we-need-these-terms-back-when-we-teach-thematically\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Personal and shared knowledge as an opportunity: Why we need these terms back when we teach thematically | IB Theory of Knowledge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This blog post belongs to a series entitled \u201cTraps and loopholes in the new TOK syllabus\u201d. 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