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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
1.8.1 What the human sciences are
29 minute read
1.8.2 The disciplines and their boundaries
30 minute read
1.8.3 Studying people: the reflexivity problem
28 minute read
1.8.4 Operationalising a concept
1.8.5 Experiments on people
1.8.6 Surveys, interviews and self-report
1.8.7 Sampling and representativeness
1.8.8 Correlation, causation and confounds
1.8.9 Statistical significance and what it does not mean
1.8.10 The rationality assumption
1.8.11 Behavioural economics and its lessons
31 minute read
1.8.12 Prediction in the human sciences
1.8.13 Comparing the human and the natural sciences
1.8.14 Replication in the human sciences
1.8.15 The ethics of studying people
33 minute read
1.8.16 Assessment bridge: the human sciences in essay titles
26 minute read
1.8 Area of Knowledge: the Human Sciences