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Knowledge Framework Activity

The document outlines an activity designed to explore the TOK Knowledge Framework as an analytical tool. Participants are instructed to review definitions, discuss understanding of the framework's elements, and categorize knowledge questions into the framework's areas. The activity emphasizes collaboration and critical thinking regarding the nature and acquisition of knowledge.

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Knowledge Framework Activity

The document outlines an activity designed to explore the TOK Knowledge Framework as an analytical tool. Participants are instructed to review definitions, discuss understanding of the framework's elements, and categorize knowledge questions into the framework's areas. The activity emphasizes collaboration and critical thinking regarding the nature and acquisition of knowledge.

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Knowledge Framework Activity

Objective: To explore the features and function of the TOK Knowledge Framework as an
analytical tool.

Pairs:

Directions:
1. Review the definitions offered on the class Padlet; post the best definition
within the graphic organizer.
2. Discuss definitions to ensure that both people in your group understand all 4
the elements of the knowledge framework.
3. Read through the knowledge questions (KQs) in the list below the graphic
organizer.
4. Organize each question into the organizer according to the areas of the
framework you believe each belongs. Discuss your reasoning.

The Knowledge Framework


Scope *Place questions into this part of the organizer
Definition: according to the areas of the framework you believe
each belongs.

Perspectives
Definition:

Methods and tools


Definition:

Ethics
Definition:
Knowledge Questions
A. Why should we care about acquiring knowledge?
B. Is the truth what the majority of people accept?
C. What are the advantages and disadvantages of requiring that all knowledge is
verified by a group?
D. As knowers, do we have a moral duty to examine our own assumptions and
biases?
E. Does technology allow knowledge to reside outside of human knowers?
F. If a language dies, does knowledge die with it?
G. What impact has social media had on how we acquire and share political
knowledge?
H. Does religion provide a way to systematize concepts of right and wrong?
I. Does our culture determine what we know?
J. Are historians’ accounts necessarily subjective?
K. What role do models play in the acquisition of knowledge in the human
sciences?
L. Do human rights exist in the same way that laws of gravity exist?
M. Does new knowledge in the arts always build on what is already known?
N. Is progress harder to make in mathematics than in other areas of knowledge?

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