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What is Theory of Knowledge [TOK]

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education
TOK is a course that all DP students are required to complete that leads students to engage in inquiry to think about how they understand knowledge and how they know what they know. TOK plays a central role within the IB philosophy. Through inquiry, students are intended to learn more about their own beliefs and a variety of different perspectives that exist in the world ( IBO, 2015a ).
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Cultural Self-Study as a Tool for Critical Reflection and Learning: Integral Analysis and Implications for Pre-Service Teacher Education Programs
Natalie J. Pitre (Queen's University, Canada) and Veronika Bohac Clarke (University of Calgary, Canada)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0897-7.ch004
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to introduce a research study based on the Cultural Self-Study method and to describe the application of this method with teachers. A specific example from the empirical study of Canadian expatriate teachers is used to illustrate how the tool and its application look in real life, and what data are generated by the use of this tool. The Integral Model is described as a useful framework for analysis of these types of data, and the analysis is illustrated using examples from this empirical study. Based on this experience with the use of Cultural Self-Study, the authors provide recommendations for the use of self-study in pre-service teacher training.
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