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One big show and tell
One big show and tell
IB students demonstrate their understanding of the Theory of Knowledge in the real world at the annual TOK exhibition
IB students demonstrate their understanding of the Theory of Knowledge in the real world at the annual TOK exhibition
-------- Talan Collins / CR News
June 13, 2024
(CR News) - How do we know what we know? Many prefer a simple way to think of it as ‘critical thinking.’ However, a group that is a little more involved in this field of study is the IB Theory of Knowledge class, which asks its students to examine and determine how knowledge is created, evaluated, and shared among experts and non-experts.
(CR News) - How do we know what we know? Many prefer a simple way to think of it as ‘critical thinking.’ However, a group that is a little more involved in this field of study is the IB Theory of Knowledge class, which asks its students to examine and determine how knowledge is created, evaluated, and shared among experts and non-experts.
Each year, the class has its Theory of Knowledge exhibition, which is the internal assessment for their IB scores. Students are tasked with selecting an IA prompt and three artifacts that directly address it. After bringing these objects together, they are asked to explain how each one allows them to reflect on the chosen prompt.
Junior Halaina Crawford, whose prompt was ‘what are the challenges raised by the dissemination and/or communication of knowledge?’ told CR News that she “learned how many different responses you [can] make to a topic like this,’ and that “the most difficult part [was] almost to just choose what specifically to analyze since [the prompts were] so broad“ and that with it came “so many challenges [as well as] different things going on.”
Taught by longtime educator Jeni McAnally, the program looks at different areas of knowledge such as science, mathematics, history, and art. When asked about what the exhibition was about, McAnally explained that she likes to think of it as “one big show and tell,” and finds it as “an opportunity for [students] to demonstrate how they understand TOK to be showing up in the real world.” She hopes that the event will help “freshmen and sophomores who are considering taking IB see that the program is “doable and a place where everyone can be successful and try out new things and ways of thinking.”
Additionally, McAnally expressed that she “[loves] for [parents] to come and see what their students are doing” and strongly believes that “once [they] leave elementary school, [there isn’t] many opportunities for parents to engage with them [academically].”
She also remarked that [seeing] “their academic work and [in a moment] where they can really shine [is always] a real point of pride for families and me as their teacher.”
Overall, this year’s exhibition truly highlighted the hard work as well as the dedication of IB students helping to build a better relationship between the River community and our school._____________________________________
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