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1 The Course
1.1 Core theme: Knowledge and the Knower (compulsory)
1.2 Optional theme: Knowledge and Technology
1.3 Optional theme: Knowledge and Language
1.4 Optional theme: Knowledge and Politics
1.5 Optional theme: Knowledge and Religion
1.6 Optional theme: Knowledge and Indigenous Societies
1.7 Area of knowledge: The Natural Sciences
1.8 Area of knowledge: The Human Sciences
1.9 Area of knowledge: History
1.10 Area of knowledge: Mathematics
1.11 Area of knowledge: The Arts
2 The Exhibition
2.1 The exhibition at a glance
2.2 The instrument: one question, one best-fit judgement out of 10
2.3 Choosing a prompt: narrowing 35 to 1
2.4 Objects that work: specific real-world context
2.5 Linking an object to the prompt
2.6 The commentary: 950 words across three objects
2.7 The Year 1 exhibition calendar
2.8 Coaching within the rules: what guidance is allowed
2.9 The exhibition event and the administrative requirements
2.10 Moderation: what the IB does with your marks
2.11 Exemplars with band reasoning
2.12 The 35 IA prompts
3 The Essay
3.1 The essay at a glance
3.2 The instrument: one question, five bands
3.3 What separates 9-10 from 7-8
3.4 Structure without formula
3.5 Examples are evidence, not decoration
3.6 Introductions, definitions, conclusions
3.7 Counter-pressure that does not cancel: four shapes
3.8 Unpacking any title: the method
3.9 The 1,600 words and the formal requirements
3.10 Exemplars with band reasoning
3.11 Practice titles: using the archive
4. May 2027 TOK Titles
4.1 M27 Title 1
4.2 M27 Title 2
4.3 M27 Title 3
4.4 M27 Title 4
4.5 M27 Title 5
4.6 M27 Title 6
1.1.1 What knowledge is, and what it is not
27 minute read
1.1.2 Belief, truth and justification
28 minute read
1.1.3 Knowing how and knowing that
29 minute read
1.1.4 First-hand experience as a source
1.1.5 Testimony: knowing because you were told
1.1.6 Memory and its reliability
1.1.7 Intuition and gut feeling
1.1.8 Reason and its limits
1.1.9 Emotion in knowing
1.1.10 Knowledge communities and how they validate
1.1.11 Expertise and when to defer
30 minute read
1.1.12 Judging a source
1.1.13 Perspective and bias are not the same thing
1.1.14 Certainty, doubt and degrees of confidence
31 minute read
1.1.15 Responsibility and the ethics of knowing
1.1.16 Assessment bridge: the core theme in the exhibition
1.1.17 Questions about the world and questions about knowing
1.1 Core Theme: Knowledge and the Knower