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Juniors display their projects in 3rd annual TOK Exhibition
Juniors display their projects in 3rd annual TOK Exhibition
Students examined applications to their understanding of knowledge
-------- Talan Collins / CR News
June 15, 2023
(CR News) - After school yesterday, students, staff, and family were invited to attend the third annual Theory of Knowledge (TOK) exhibition in the black box. The event showcased the project-based IB Internal Assessment (IA) completed by students in their junior year, attempting to explore ‘how TOK manifests in the world around us.’ For the project, students were asked to select three objects that explored concepts essential to TOK understanding as well as answered an IA prompt.
McAnally hopes the exhibition will inspire more students to join the class next year, explaining that TOK is meant for everyone, and that “even students who are not involved in the IB program can benefit from learning how to be a better thinker.” Without a stringent curriculum, TOK also allows students to explore their interests, she says, because "every class that comes in decides what the class is going to be.”_____________________________________
(CR News) - After school yesterday, students, staff, and family were invited to attend the third annual Theory of Knowledge (TOK) exhibition in the black box. The event showcased the project-based IB Internal Assessment (IA) completed by students in their junior year, attempting to explore ‘how TOK manifests in the world around us.’ For the project, students were asked to select three objects that explored concepts essential to TOK understanding as well as answered an IA prompt.
Lauryn Laredo, a junior and TOK student, chose to explore the influence of different aspects of culture on her knowledge and perspective through artifacts from each of her grandmothers. To represent a class-system cultural influence, she sampled one of her grandmother’s old recipes, explaining that with only low quality ingredients available to her, “she always made the best of what she had.”
Laredo also brought a traditional Vietnamese licorice root tea, a herbal remedy, representing an ethnic cultural influence, and her grandmother’s bible, a religious artifact. Proud of her work, she encourages students to join TOK, adding that the class allows students to “question why we know the things we know. How do we know them? Why do we trust these things?”
Weighing in on the rationale behind displaying the TOK projects to families, IB English and Theory of Knowledge teacher Jeni McAnally thinks that “in the American school system, we tend to not see as much parent invitation [after elementary school],” and feels that “it’s really important that we keep parents, families, and community members involved in education all the way through to the end. It generates relationships, conversation, and education for everyone.”
McAnally hopes the exhibition will inspire more students to join the class next year, explaining that TOK is meant for everyone, and that “even students who are not involved in the IB program can benefit from learning how to be a better thinker.” Without a stringent curriculum, TOK also allows students to explore their interests, she says, because "every class that comes in decides what the class is going to be.”_____________________________________
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