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Back to HOME > IB TOK > EVIDENCE = ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE UNIT = This unit is assessed as a presentation. See the following link for a lot of advice. TOK PRESENTATIONS When you know what you are going to do, go to STUDENTS' PLANS FOR TOK PRESENTATIONS MAY 2012

** A PRESENTATION ON A KNOWLEDGE ISSUE ** Alone or in a group of 2 (max) make a presentation of 10 min per person.
 * 1) Choose a **real-life situation** which interests you.
 * 2) Identify a **Knowledge Issue** associated with the RLS and explore it. Follow this link to remind yourself what knowledge issues are and the 'ToK' terminology you should use: @WHAT IS A KNOWLEDGE ISSUE?
 * 3) Make a presentation on your Knowledge Issue using the RLS as an illustration.

Paradigm = Heliocentric model of the solar system (Sun at the centre) Knowledge Issue (could be) What is the use of models of the natural world?
 * See the Examples below; you can also see some examples of RLS at THINKING GALLERY: **

Paradigm = The brain as a computer Knowledge Issue (could be) What ways of knowing can we use to learn more about ourselves?

Paradigm = Expressing ourselves through poetry Knowledge Issue (could be) How can Language be used to describe Emotions?

According to the four IB presentation criteria. For further details on ToK presentations (criteria and other information) please follow these links: @TOK presentation criteria & How to Structure a Presentation (on dullwitch).
 * ASSESSMENT**

A paradigm is a pattern of thinking in any Area of Knowledge. The paradigm defines the sorts of evidence and methods which are acceptable in the Area of Knowledge. Over time, paradigms do not necessarily stay the same; there are sometimes Paradigm Shifts which are accompanied by violent intellectual conflicts between the upholders of the Old and New paradigms.
 * WHAT IS A PARADIGM?**

The Selfish Gene theory Creationism Set Theory in Mathematics Expressionism in Art The Modern Novel Marxist Theories in Economics Freudian Psycho-Analysis String Theory Traditional Chinese Medicine Environmentalism Keynesian economics Imaginary Numbers
 * MORE EXAMPLES OF PARADIGMS**

A paradigm may influence how someone interprets the world; they may accept different types of evidence and use different methods to gain knowledge. One's paradigms may contribute to one's **BLURS** (Bias; Limitations; Uncertainty; (un)Reliability; Subjectivity).
 * PARADIGMS AS FILTERS**

For example: Richard Dawkins: 'We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.' BIAS: The speaker is an atheist. LIMITATION: No-one knows about 'most societies' UNCERTAINTY: Even atheists can't be sure there is no God. RELIABILITY: He can't predict what will happen the next time he learns about a God (maybe he'll believe it). SUBJECTIVITY: He doesn't know what 'we' all think.