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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know the TOK class is required but does anyone know what is taught in that class?[/quote]

It’s my DD’s favorite class she’s ever taken.

It’s basically epistemology—what do we know, and how do we know it? Why is knowledge important? How does it relate to concepts like culture and community? She loves it because it’s very analytical, and favors deep thinking and argumentative writing over [b]regurgitating facts[/b].

They do a good bit of writing and some presentations, but in general it’s kind of an overarching theory class that is supposed to tie together all the other courses they take. But I’m sure the quality depends a lot on the instructor, too. [/quote]

One of the things that she and you should learn in a class about "ways of knowing" is that there is no "deep thinking" and analysis without being able to "regurgitate facts."  Facts are the things that are used as the basis of, and evidence for, analysis.  There is nothing "low level" about learning content, and if you denigrate factual knowledge, the result is self-important, emotional people who have to rely on name calling and "lived experience" as their only techniques for argumentation. Hmmm, sounds like adolescents I know.  - HS teacher[/quote]

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