GABY'S+TOK+PRESENTATION

BACK TO STUDENTS' PLANS FOR TOK PRESENTATION 2010

__** Tuesday 20 April 2010 **__ - DECIDE ON TOPIC AND MAIN KNOWLEDGE ISSUE AND WRITE IN THE PRESENTATION TEMPLATE

MAIN KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: Are there several ways in which human beauty is perceived?
__** Monday 10 May 2010 **__ - COMPLETE PRESENTATION TEMPLATE [|Graphic Planning Template TOK Presentation.pdf] 1 Identify more knowledge issues related to the KI which is the focus of your presentation. - Where does the ideal of beauty come from.. is it universal or is it based on culture or sexual attraction? - How has the media and modern culture change the way young girls in our current society view their self image?

 2 Show how you will develop the ideas. What are the implications of the KIs?

3. Identify at least two perspectives of different knowers.

1. Phi - Ratio and proportion - Dr. Steven Marquardt thinks that although it can be culturally determind - what is considered beautiful it is to do with how perfectly proportioned faced are 2. Langlois (a scientist) did an experiment on how attractiveness is percieved - facial beauty is REAL - attractiveness is stable no matter what your ethnicity, culture, age or gender. - he thinks there is a universal standard of beauty. 3. Beauty IS culturally determined.

4. Illustrate your points with supporting quotes or illustrations.

5. What are the implications for other real-life situations?

__ **Monday 17 May 2010** __ - SHOW PLAN FOR METHOD OF PRESENTATION 1. Explain the format of your presentation (such as lectures, skits, simulations, games, dramatized readings, interviews or debates.)

 2. What supporting materials will you use? (videos, PowerPoint, posters, questionnaires, recordings of songs or interviews, costumes, or props)

 3. Write a summary in note form (for example, a bullet point list), of the way you plan to deal with knowledge issues during your presentation). __**Monday 31 May 2010**__ - First presentations