14 JULY 2020
TOK-bite video 4 – the new assessment: TOK exhibition
As you know, the IB has introduced a new assessment for Theory of Knowledge in 2022 – the exhibition. Worth 33% of the grades, and assessed internally, the TOK exhibition looks at how students can apply TOK concepts to the real world.
For more guidance on making TOK relevant to your students’ everyday lives, go back and watch TOK-bite episode three in its two parts.
So what do you need to know about the TOK exhibition? Here to help, our expert authors Wendy Heydorn and Susan Jesudason guide you through helping your students with the new assessment.
The video above explains the stages that students will go through when planning and working on their exhibition. Here is a quick recap.
As a teacher, you will need to help students decide on a theme that best suits their interests. The theme can be any of the following:
- Core theme
- Religious Knowledge Systems
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Politics
- Language
- Technology
Students then create their exhibition based on one of the 35 internal assessment (IA) prompts. These IA prompts are open questions that last the seven years of the TOK course, e.g. ‘what counts as knowledge?’.
Once they have chosen their IA prompt, students need to pick three objects they could connect to the prompt.
Students then write a short commentary on their objects, justifying how and why they connect to the IA prompt.
Conclusion
That brings us to the end of our TOK-bite series. If you have found the advice from our authors interesting, then we’re pleased to tell you there is plenty more expert advice in their books!
We have developed a course guide and teacher’s guide that make the assessed tasks in the Theory of Knowledge course simpler and clearer for both you and your students. For more information on how to make a successful TOK exhibition, and run a successful course, take a look at our resources.
About the authors
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Wendy Heydorn: Wendy is the Director of Higher Education and TOK teacher at Sevenoaks School in the UK. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and King’s College London. She is committed to offering students the best possible preparation for university, the workplace and beyond. Wendy authored the previous edition of Decoding Theory of Knowledge and has been an IB examiner. |
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Susan Jesudason: Susan has taught TOK and Philosophy since 2005. She taught in Sri Lanka and was then part of the founding staff of the Aga Khan Academy in Hyderabad, India. As the IB Diploma Coordinator at UWC Dilijan in Armenia, she set up the TOK programme and took the school through DP accreditation. |
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Tomas is the Director of Learning at Aiglon College, Switzerland. He has been a passionate TOK teacher for seven years and believes that nothing in education can |
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