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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
1.2.1 What counts as technology
29 minute read
1.2.2 Tools that extend perception
30 minute read
1.2.3 Instruments and mediated observation
31 minute read
1.2.4 Recording, storing and retrieving knowledge
33 minute read
1.2.5 Search and the shape of what we find
1.2.6 Algorithms and recommendation
1.2.7 Attention as a condition for knowing
1.2.8 Machine learning: what it does and does not do
1.2.9 Can a machine know anything?
1.2.10 Machine outputs as evidence
1.2.11 Bias in and out of systems
1.2.12 The digital divide as a knowledge problem
28 minute read
1.2.13 Privacy, surveillance and knowing about people
1.2.14 Who is responsible for machine-made knowledge?
1.2.15 Technology and the future of expertise
1.2.16 Assessment bridge: technology in the exhibition
25 minute read
1.2 Optional Theme: Knowledge and Technology