IB Core/Theory of Knowledge Part 2

IB Core/TOK is a two-year course that focuses on the three required IB Core components.  These Core components include the Extended Essay (EE); Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS); and Theory of Knowledge (TOK). The TOK curriculum plays a special role in the DP by providing an opportunity for students to reflect on the nature, scope and limitations of knowledge and the process of knowing. In this way, the main focus of TOK is not on students acquiring new knowledge but on helping students to reflect on, and put into perspective, what they already know.  Approximately half of the TOK curriculum will be delivered in Year 1 and the other half in Year 2.   Students will complete two official IB assessments for TOK:  the exhibition (year 1) and the essay (year 2).  In addition, this course will support students as they move through the IB Diploma Programme.  The Approaches to Learning will be a focus as students develop the following skills:  thinking, communication, self-management, social, and research.