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TOK

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Volume 4, Number 1, September 2017

Teaching notes

TOK essay planning frame


John Sprague

Write out your prescribed title (PT) in the space below. Write it out dont cut and paste to emphasise that
you must not change the prescribed title in any way.

In a sentence or two, write what your answer to the prescribed title will be? You will have had to do some
thinking to arrive at this answer, but you should be able to give a precise, succinct and informative answer to
the title. No argument just a direct response.

Briefly outline what you think are relevant knowledge questions (KQs) to your response. Think of these as
issues pertaining to knowledge. These will help you maintain a second-order approach. The KQs you list here
should be relevant to your response and be linked to the prescribed title.

List at least three premises that you will need to establish in order for the answer to the PT to be justified. Try
to write these in single sentences (you can elaborate in the next sections).

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Write out your premises and the supporting evidence that you are planning on using. Always write in
full sentences:

Premise

Evidence/argument

(This is where you give a


smaller argument or
justification for your premise
why should I believe it?

Concrete examples relating


to the PT are good to use
here.)

Premise

Evidence/argument

(This is where you give a


smaller argument or
justification for your premise
why should I believe it?

Concrete examples relating


to the PT are good to use
here.)

Premise

Evidence/argument

(This is where you give a


smaller argument or
justification for your premise
why should I believe it?

Concrete examples relating


to the PT are good to use
here.)

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Conclusion

What is the final summation of


what these examples and this
evidence are meant to say?

Suppose someone disagreed


with your answer.

What would their disagreement


be?

How do you respond to their


points?

Significance

Suppose someone were to


say:

So what, who cares?

then

Now what?

How would you respond?

Why is this title and the issues


it raises important?

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Using the knowledge framework (KF)

For the AOKs and the PT youve decided to engage with, offer some brief comments. For instance, if
you are talking about history, consider the following in relation to the historical aspects of the PT and
any relevant KQs being used to develop your response to the PT.

Scope/application

e.g. what are the limits of knowledge in


this AOK? What will the limits of your
own approach be? What will you NOT
be exploring?

Concepts and language

e.g. what specialist concepts and


language will you have to be aware of
to complete your analysis of this PT?

Methodology

EG: What are the key methods used


by this AOK to construct knowledge
that the PT engages with?

Historical development

e.g. are there any developments in the


field that are relevant to your PT or
answer? Have any of the concepts or
ideas related to your title changed over
time?

Links to personal knowledge

e.g. what is the role of the individual


knower/researcher in relation to the
shared knowledge of this AOK
community?

This resource is part of IB REVIEW, a magazine written for IB Diploma students by


subject experts. To subscribe to the full magazine go to www.hoddereducation.co.uk/ibreview

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