I've got some converted Thai text, but it's virtually useless. Anyone have a course outline or as some idea what I can start with today? First class is this afternoon.Thanks much...

ok, well I've found a few course outlines on the net. and it turns out I'll be teaching at first along with a thai teacher...

but if anyone has any ideas/suggestions to go along with teaching this course, would be appreciated.

thanks much.

It's part of the IB syllabus; having a basis of continental philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Contact IB for more information, they tend to have short as well as long training sessions, though I don't know if they have any regional offices in this area.

I am, of course, assuming that you are working at an IB accredited school/

Edited May 18, 201115 yr by Deserted

Thanks, actually adding i.b. to the search brings up a fair amount of course outlines and some ideas.

if anyone has ideas specific to teaching this course to students who understand little basic english, such as games, homework assignments, etc... it's appreciated.

Edited May 18, 201115 yr by happysanook

Tok is for students completing the IB programme, which as I'm sure you know is an immersion programme, giving students years of academic preparation through English. You can't play games with Camus and Satre and Marx.If your students cannot score 7 or more in an IELTS exam you have absolutely no chance whatsoever of teaching such a course successfully.

Don't wish to sound discouraging but its a tough course for even the best students. IB schools only offer 1 or 2 classes a week and close reading of the texts is always imperative.

Edited May 18, 201115 yr by Deserted

Tok is for students completing the IB programme, which as I'm sure you know is an immersion programme, giving students years of academic preparation through English. You can't play games with Camus and Satre and Marx.If your students cannot score 7 or more in an IELTS exam you have absolutely no chance whatsoever of teaching such a course successfully.

Don't wish to sound discouraging but its a tough course for even the best students. IB schools only offer 1 or 2 classes a week and close reading of the texts is always imperative.

thanks for the info. i doubt these kids would score more than a 2 or 3. some of them had trouble with 'what do you like to do?'.

surprise, they seem to have no interest in anything other than what has to do with thai. my goal will be to broaden their thinking beyond their village. if i can do that with just a few of them, i'll consider it a success. i won't have taught the course properly, but that's impossible, so i'll settle for having taught them SOMETHING.

so back to games or ideas along the vein of getting them to think a bit wider. any ideas...appreciated.

Good luck then.

I am a former IB student and remember having this class. They had just started this course in the IB syllabus.

I got a 0. In IB grading at that time you got a -1, 0 or 1 for TOK.

It is a tough subject for kids that age.

Our teacher used a lot of Poppe and Russell.

The problem with this subject is that students have to be really switched on and have to have critical insightful thinking.

Something which in almost non-existent here. I am reading Russell nowadays again and it is still challenging.

Sorry this is a bit late for the OP's request, but I've just noticed on Wikibooks a page headed "IB Theory of Knowledge", the content identified as an "undeveloped draft or outline" of an open-source book on the subject. Also, if you scroll down to the bottom and click on "Epistemology" you get information on Constructivism, Critical Thinking and Knowledge Patterns.

Hope this helps.

Sadly I pulled TOK out of the hat this year. Sucks! Please PM or better still email me and I will email what my school, a World Class school, thinks TOK is all about.

Regards John.