logging in or signing up the issues about knowledge issues dbrooker Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1009 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 02, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description IB ToK KI reveal Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Knowledge Issues: Knowledge IssuesWhen should we trust our senses to give us truth? : Three examples of Knowledge Issues that could be addressed in this title: To what extent do our senses give us the truth? To what extent do reason, emotion and language (and other factors) affect our sense perception? What is the scope, and what are the limits of sensory information in different areas of knowledge? When should we trust our senses to give us truth?Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowing: Three examples of Knowledge Issues that could be addressed in this title: To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? What is the relationship between “reasoning” and “truth”? In what ways and to what extent can reasoning operate in different areas of knowledge? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowingKnowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm…: Aspects of knowledge Acquisition Production Shaping Classification Status Acceptance Rejection Terms of ToK vocabulary: Areas of Knowledge Ways of Knowing Linking Questions Belief Certainty Culture Evidence Experience Explanation Interpretation Intuition Justification Truth Values Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm …Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm…: In General Open-ended questions Have more than one possible answer Have more than one perspective Explicitly about knowledge itself Levels of Knowledge Issues Poor For a presentation, may be adequate to satisfy the criterion of KI Intermediate Good Necessary for higher achievement on written assessment (and helps with presentation as well) Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm …The KI Scale: Level Descriptor Example Good An open-ended question What is it about a scientific explanation that makes it convincing or unconvincing? Explicitly about knowledge Couched in terms of ToK vocabulary and concepts Precise in terms of relationships between concepts Intermediate May be: How can we decide if acupuncture works or not? An open-ended question Explicitly about knowledge Poor May be: Does acupuncture work? A closed question Implicitly about knowledge Not a Knowledge Issue May be: Traditional medicine A statement or a description of a situation A closed question A subject -specific topic or question rather than about knowledge itself Real-life situation This could be the real-life situation for the presentation or an example in the essay My uncle went to an acupuncturist The KI ScaleRearrange these: How do religious people come to their beliefs? Rearrange these How can reason be used to justify religious beliefs? Physics and God Article on science and religion Are religious beliefs reasonable?Rearranged: How do religious people come to their beliefs? Rearranged How can reason be used to justify religious beliefs? Physics and God Article on science and religion Are religious beliefs reasonable?Rearrange these: Why do optical illusions happen? Rearrange these What can we learn from optical illusions? What, if anything, do optical illusions tell us about sense perception and truth? Optical illusions An optical illusionRearranged: Why do optical illusions happen? Rearranged What can we learn from optical illusions? What, if anything, do optical illusions tell us about sense perception and truth? Optical illusions An optical illusionRearrange these: How can we know if capital punishment is right or wrong? Rearrange these A book: The Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein Capital punishment: why should or shouldn’t we adopt it? What role should intuition play in justifying capital punishment?Rearranged: How can we know if capital punishment is right or wrong? Rearranged A book: The Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein Capital punishment: why should or shouldn’t we adopt it? What role should intuition play in justifying capital punishment?Rearrange these: A new government policy Rearrange these Stopping teenagers smoking To what extent can human sciences use mathematical techniques to make accurate predictions? Will predictions on teenage smoking turn out to be correct? How can we use models to predict social behaviour?Rearranged: A new government policy Rearranged Stopping teenagers smoking To what extent can human sciences use mathematical techniques to make accurate predictions? Will predictions on teenage smoking turn out to be correct? How can we use models to predict social behaviour?Slide 15: Level Example Good Intermediate Should we believe paranormal claims? Poor Does the paranormal exist? Is swine flu likely to kill millions? Not a Knowledge Issue What is the sixth sense? What do we mean by an epidemic? Wearing jeans in school Real-life situation A film on haunting A news report on a new swine flu An interview with Miss AnneThe KI Scale: Level Descriptor Example Good An open-ended question What is it about a scientific explanation that makes it convincing or unconvincing? Explicitly about knowledge Couched in terms of ToK vocabulary and concepts Precise in terms of relationships between concepts Intermediate May be: How can we decide if acupuncture works or not? An open-ended question Explicitly about knowledge Poor May be: Does acupuncture work? A closed question Implicitly about knowledge Not a Knowledge Issue May be: Traditional medicine A statement or a description of a situation A closed question A subject -specific topic or question rather than about knowledge itself Real-life situation This could be the real-life situation for the presentation or an example in the essay My uncle went to an acupuncturist The KI ScaleSlide 17: Level Example Good Intermediate Should we believe paranormal claims? Poor Does the paranormal exist? Is swine flu likely to kill millions? Not a Knowledge Issue What is the sixth sense? What do we mean by an epidemic? Wearing jeans in school Real-life situation A film on haunting A news report on a new swine flu An interview with Miss Anne We often have to assume some facts are true to continue thinking. How does this hinder or enable the process of knowing? To what extent does the media affect our perception of certain world issues, and can we trust it? Are the news saying the truth about the Swine Flu? To what extent does reason influence our belief on paranormal cliams . To what extend can reason justify the presence of paranormal stuff? Is Miss Anne right about thinking that we shouldn't wear uniforms? How useful are uniforms? To what extent do emotions affect our trust on medicin ? why do we trust medicine? To what extent does Miss Anne's reason/ authority influence our behavior in school torwards wearing jeans? Why should we wear jeans in school? Is it mandetory to wear jeans in school? To what extent is individuality important as a way of developing self-perception in high- schoolers ?Slide 18: Level Example Good Intermediate Poor Not a Knowledge Issue Real-life situation Will chocolate help your bad mood? Does chocolate taste good? Eating chocolate Can social medias change our behavior? Does our capacity to learn change as we grow older? You notice details you didn’t before. What are social medias? Revising a childhood book. Social medias and mass behavior Why should we trust scientific trust of chocolate helping bad mood? Are the social networks to blame for or behavior? To what extend does the social medias change our interpretation of reality, and does it change our behavior? Is what we learn at any point in time certain, if we are likely to change our minds and interpret things differently as we gain more experience? What is the relationship of maturing senses and perceptions of truth and knowledge? Can you prove through emotion and sense perception the changes that chocolate has or doesn’t have in you?Slide 19: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowing To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? What is the relationship between “reasoning” and “truth”? In what ways and to what extent can reasoning operate in different areas of knowledge? To what extent do our senses give us the truth? To what extent do reason, emotion and language (and other factors) affect our sense perception? What is the scope, and what are the limits of sensory information in different areas of knowledge?Essay Key Concepts: Essay Key ConceptsKey Concepts: Knowledge Issue Main Points Statements being made These are your paragraphs Examples Relevant and Effective Different Perspectives Another view on your topic or concept raised Links Between KI, WoKs , and AoKs Counterclaims An argument against a statement you are trying to justify Implications What does your argument imply? Underlying Assumptions What are you assuming? Key ConceptsThe pathway…: Knowledge Issue To what extent do our senses give us the truth? Assumptions That truth is a belief that is justified. Main Points Senses bring us knowledge about the world. Limited senses limit our knowledge Senses can give us faulty knowledge I can share my experience with others Knowledge Issue To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? Main Points Emotion can not be understood without reason. Sense perception can record data about the world around us, but reason evaluates, compares, and concludes. Language provides the medium to communicate but reason gives that communication meaning. The pathway…The pathway…: Knowledge Issue To what extent do our senses give us the truth? Assumptions That truth is a belief that is justified. Main Points Senses bring us knowledge about the world. Limited senses limit our knowledge Senses can give us faulty knowledge I can share my experience with others Knowledge Issue To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? Main Points Emotion can not be understood without reason. Sense perception can record data about the world around us, but reason evaluates, compares, and concludes. Language provides the medium to communicate but reason gives that communication meaning. The pathway…Essay Key Concepts: Essay Key Concepts You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
the issues about knowledge issues dbrooker Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1009 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: March 02, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description IB ToK KI reveal Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Knowledge Issues: Knowledge IssuesWhen should we trust our senses to give us truth? : Three examples of Knowledge Issues that could be addressed in this title: To what extent do our senses give us the truth? To what extent do reason, emotion and language (and other factors) affect our sense perception? What is the scope, and what are the limits of sensory information in different areas of knowledge? When should we trust our senses to give us truth?Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowing: Three examples of Knowledge Issues that could be addressed in this title: To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? What is the relationship between “reasoning” and “truth”? In what ways and to what extent can reasoning operate in different areas of knowledge? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowingKnowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm…: Aspects of knowledge Acquisition Production Shaping Classification Status Acceptance Rejection Terms of ToK vocabulary: Areas of Knowledge Ways of Knowing Linking Questions Belief Certainty Culture Evidence Experience Explanation Interpretation Intuition Justification Truth Values Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm …Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm…: In General Open-ended questions Have more than one possible answer Have more than one perspective Explicitly about knowledge itself Levels of Knowledge Issues Poor For a presentation, may be adequate to satisfy the criterion of KI Intermediate Good Necessary for higher achievement on written assessment (and helps with presentation as well) Knowledge Issues are Issues about Knowledge – hmmmm …The KI Scale: Level Descriptor Example Good An open-ended question What is it about a scientific explanation that makes it convincing or unconvincing? Explicitly about knowledge Couched in terms of ToK vocabulary and concepts Precise in terms of relationships between concepts Intermediate May be: How can we decide if acupuncture works or not? An open-ended question Explicitly about knowledge Poor May be: Does acupuncture work? A closed question Implicitly about knowledge Not a Knowledge Issue May be: Traditional medicine A statement or a description of a situation A closed question A subject -specific topic or question rather than about knowledge itself Real-life situation This could be the real-life situation for the presentation or an example in the essay My uncle went to an acupuncturist The KI ScaleRearrange these: How do religious people come to their beliefs? Rearrange these How can reason be used to justify religious beliefs? Physics and God Article on science and religion Are religious beliefs reasonable?Rearranged: How do religious people come to their beliefs? Rearranged How can reason be used to justify religious beliefs? Physics and God Article on science and religion Are religious beliefs reasonable?Rearrange these: Why do optical illusions happen? Rearrange these What can we learn from optical illusions? What, if anything, do optical illusions tell us about sense perception and truth? Optical illusions An optical illusionRearranged: Why do optical illusions happen? Rearranged What can we learn from optical illusions? What, if anything, do optical illusions tell us about sense perception and truth? Optical illusions An optical illusionRearrange these: How can we know if capital punishment is right or wrong? Rearrange these A book: The Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein Capital punishment: why should or shouldn’t we adopt it? What role should intuition play in justifying capital punishment?Rearranged: How can we know if capital punishment is right or wrong? Rearranged A book: The Execution of Saddam Hussein The execution of Saddam Hussein Capital punishment: why should or shouldn’t we adopt it? What role should intuition play in justifying capital punishment?Rearrange these: A new government policy Rearrange these Stopping teenagers smoking To what extent can human sciences use mathematical techniques to make accurate predictions? Will predictions on teenage smoking turn out to be correct? How can we use models to predict social behaviour?Rearranged: A new government policy Rearranged Stopping teenagers smoking To what extent can human sciences use mathematical techniques to make accurate predictions? Will predictions on teenage smoking turn out to be correct? How can we use models to predict social behaviour?Slide 15: Level Example Good Intermediate Should we believe paranormal claims? Poor Does the paranormal exist? Is swine flu likely to kill millions? Not a Knowledge Issue What is the sixth sense? What do we mean by an epidemic? Wearing jeans in school Real-life situation A film on haunting A news report on a new swine flu An interview with Miss AnneThe KI Scale: Level Descriptor Example Good An open-ended question What is it about a scientific explanation that makes it convincing or unconvincing? Explicitly about knowledge Couched in terms of ToK vocabulary and concepts Precise in terms of relationships between concepts Intermediate May be: How can we decide if acupuncture works or not? An open-ended question Explicitly about knowledge Poor May be: Does acupuncture work? A closed question Implicitly about knowledge Not a Knowledge Issue May be: Traditional medicine A statement or a description of a situation A closed question A subject -specific topic or question rather than about knowledge itself Real-life situation This could be the real-life situation for the presentation or an example in the essay My uncle went to an acupuncturist The KI ScaleSlide 17: Level Example Good Intermediate Should we believe paranormal claims? Poor Does the paranormal exist? Is swine flu likely to kill millions? Not a Knowledge Issue What is the sixth sense? What do we mean by an epidemic? Wearing jeans in school Real-life situation A film on haunting A news report on a new swine flu An interview with Miss Anne We often have to assume some facts are true to continue thinking. How does this hinder or enable the process of knowing? To what extent does the media affect our perception of certain world issues, and can we trust it? Are the news saying the truth about the Swine Flu? To what extent does reason influence our belief on paranormal cliams . To what extend can reason justify the presence of paranormal stuff? Is Miss Anne right about thinking that we shouldn't wear uniforms? How useful are uniforms? To what extent do emotions affect our trust on medicin ? why do we trust medicine? To what extent does Miss Anne's reason/ authority influence our behavior in school torwards wearing jeans? Why should we wear jeans in school? Is it mandetory to wear jeans in school? To what extent is individuality important as a way of developing self-perception in high- schoolers ?Slide 18: Level Example Good Intermediate Poor Not a Knowledge Issue Real-life situation Will chocolate help your bad mood? Does chocolate taste good? Eating chocolate Can social medias change our behavior? Does our capacity to learn change as we grow older? You notice details you didn’t before. What are social medias? Revising a childhood book. Social medias and mass behavior Why should we trust scientific trust of chocolate helping bad mood? Are the social networks to blame for or behavior? To what extend does the social medias change our interpretation of reality, and does it change our behavior? Is what we learn at any point in time certain, if we are likely to change our minds and interpret things differently as we gain more experience? What is the relationship of maturing senses and perceptions of truth and knowledge? Can you prove through emotion and sense perception the changes that chocolate has or doesn’t have in you?Slide 19: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowing To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? What is the relationship between “reasoning” and “truth”? In what ways and to what extent can reasoning operate in different areas of knowledge? To what extent do our senses give us the truth? To what extent do reason, emotion and language (and other factors) affect our sense perception? What is the scope, and what are the limits of sensory information in different areas of knowledge?Essay Key Concepts: Essay Key ConceptsKey Concepts: Knowledge Issue Main Points Statements being made These are your paragraphs Examples Relevant and Effective Different Perspectives Another view on your topic or concept raised Links Between KI, WoKs , and AoKs Counterclaims An argument against a statement you are trying to justify Implications What does your argument imply? Underlying Assumptions What are you assuming? Key ConceptsThe pathway…: Knowledge Issue To what extent do our senses give us the truth? Assumptions That truth is a belief that is justified. Main Points Senses bring us knowledge about the world. Limited senses limit our knowledge Senses can give us faulty knowledge I can share my experience with others Knowledge Issue To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? Main Points Emotion can not be understood without reason. Sense perception can record data about the world around us, but reason evaluates, compares, and concludes. Language provides the medium to communicate but reason gives that communication meaning. The pathway…The pathway…: Knowledge Issue To what extent do our senses give us the truth? Assumptions That truth is a belief that is justified. Main Points Senses bring us knowledge about the world. Limited senses limit our knowledge Senses can give us faulty knowledge I can share my experience with others Knowledge Issue To what extent can reason operate in isolation from other ways of knowing? Main Points Emotion can not be understood without reason. Sense perception can record data about the world around us, but reason evaluates, compares, and concludes. Language provides the medium to communicate but reason gives that communication meaning. The pathway…Essay Key Concepts: Essay Key Concepts