Talk:Theory of knowledge (IB course)

message: Wikipedia really ought to take a browser from a 'theory of knowledge' link to a disambiguation page, one which includes (a fancy word philosophers use for the disciple they also frequently call 'theory of knowledge') and this page, which is an extremely narrow and technical use of the expression 'theory of knowledge'.
:You mean like how epistemology is mentioned in the very first sentence, or are you aiming at something even more obvious? -Obli (Talk)? 19:44, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  POOR TITLE FOR PAGE 

message: ToK is considered, by IB students, to be a form of punishment, to keep them in check. They also believe that people who undertake different courses, are the driving force behind ToK, and that IB students wish to abolish ToK.
I feel as though this should be deleted simply because it is not verifiable.  I, for one, am an IB Diploma Programme student who enjoys the class.  Casey 02:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Dislike of course

message: From my experience doing IB at Maastricht, I found that TOK explained to me some basic
principles behind the subjects I was learning - it was telling me more "Where this came
from" rather than "Accept it, this is the curriculum". For instance, I studied the
rationale behind Mendeléev's work on the periodic table, I understood Babylonian 
knowledge - I learnt about ideas such as mental expectation (the hunter who shot and
killed his friend because of expectation of a deer), and the impact of crowd mentality.
TOK will also give young people a realisation of how the media attempts to manipulate
those who they consider stupid enough to be manipulated. Philosophy / Theory / Psychology
has its place in all levels of education AFAIAC.
From philosophy -> Mathematics, from Mathematics -> Physics, from Physics -> Chemistry,
from Chemistry -> Biology
All students need to understand WHY they are learning the stuff that is fed to them
through their course books. TOK brought to me a realisation behind the drudgery.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MagnificentMatthew (talk • contribs) 20:30, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A GOOD GROUNDING FOR MORE ABSTRACT SUBJECTS SUCH AS PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS 

message: I'm sorry, but I think that this page should mention the word "epistemology" at least somewhere.  The whole "Theory of Knowledge" thing is just made up by the IB so that even people who don't know big words can appreciate how sophisticated the course is and how wonderful IB is for providing it to high school level students and how prestigious that should make it.  Whatever they call it, its an epistemology course, and that should be stated somewhere in the article.  greping this article for the word "epistemology" and not finding anything is just unacceptable.  I'll leave someone else to do it in the spirit of CONSENSUS.114.244.74.134 (talk) 07:38, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  epistemology 

message: I removed some inappropriate links, namely:
: and .
These either violate IB's copyright or appear to be links from their password-protected Online Curriculum Center.  As a result, this also required that I edit a few passages in the body of the article.
For further information, please see the discussion at Talk:IB_Diploma_Programme on 2 July 2009. I'll return at some point to help provide solid citations from legitimate sources.  Regards, CinchBug | Talk 22:39, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of links 

message: This entire article is nothing but propaganda for International Baccalaureate and should be wiped and re-written. No citations, no criticism, no history, inaccurate, (for example, TOK is only for students going for the FULL Diploma)and a bunch of puffery and bravado. ObserverNY (talk) 11:19, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: IB Propaganda

message: The ToK/EE Points Matrix is outdated. As of 2010 if you get an E in one of ToK or EE you have to achieve 28 points in your IB Subjects to be awarded a diploma. There might have been another condition which I can't remember right now, but things have changed
An example ToK/EE Points Matrix is here: http://www.aisb.ro/page.cfm?p=2594
Jhgenius01 (talk) 22:15, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  ToK/EE Points Matrix Outdated 

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