Sunday, September 1, 2013

Creating a TOK Question - Using the ladder of abstraction.

1.Knowledge Claim: "Mr. Moussay's grandfather's says the fruits on his trees are ripening earlier and earlier in the year, and this must be due to global warming."

2. Topic: Global warming.

3. Implicit question about the situation: How does global warming cause the fruits to ripen?

4. Open-ended question about knowledge in the context of the real life situation: How does Mr. Moussay's grandfather can stop the fruits from ripening from global warning?

5. explicit open-ended question about knowledge using TOK concepts: To what extent, has Mr. Moussay's grandfather has used 'Memory', 'Experience' and 'Natural sciences' to identify the cause of the fruits ripening?

1 comment:

  1. In your KQ, you need to address a general question about knowledge, and move away from the given real life situation.

    Your poor KQ (3) is erroneous. Check the wording and its implications.

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