Given access to the same facts, how is it possible that there can be disagreement between experts in a discipline? Develop your answer with reference to two areas of knowledge

Given access to the same facts, how is it possible that there can be disagreement between experts in a discipline? Develop your answer with reference to two areas of knowledge

Each student must submit for external assessment an essay on any one of the six titles prescribed by the IB
for each examination session.
The titles ask generic questions about knowledge and are cross-disciplinary in nature. They may be
answered with reference to any part or parts of the TOK course, to specific disciplines, or with reference to
opinions gained about knowledge both inside and outside the classroom.
The titles are not meant to be treated only in the abstract, or on the basis of external authorities. In all
cases, essays should express the conclusions reached by students through a sustained consideration of
knowledge questions. Claims and counterclaims should be formulated and main ideas should be illustrated
with varied and effective examples that show the approach consciously taken by the student. Essays should
demonstrate the student’s ability to link knowledge questions to AOKs and WOKs.
The chosen title must be used exactly as given; it must not be altered in any way. Students who modify the
titles are likely to receive lower scores, since the knowledge questions that are explored in the essay must be
connected to the titles in their prescribed formulation.
?? If the title has been modified but it is still clear which prescribed title for the current session it refers to,
the essay will be marked against that prescribed title. Any lack of relevance in the student’s response
to the prescribed title arising from this modification will be reflected in the score awarded.
?? If it is clear that the title bears no literal resemblance to any title for the current session, the essay will
be awarded a score of zero, in accordance with the TOK essay assessment instrument.
The essay must be written in standard 12 font and double spaced.
Assessment details
Theory of knowledge guide 53
The role of the teacher
In relation to the student’s essay on a prescribed title, the teacher has three principal responsibilities:
?? to encourage and support the student in the writing of the essay
?? to provide the student with advice on and guidance about the skills needed
?? to ensure that the essay is the student’s own work.
These responsibilities should be met through the following interactions.
1. The student should discuss the prescribed titles with the teacher, although the final choice remains
with the student who should be encouraged wherever possible to develop his or her own ideas.
2. After choosing the title and unpacking/developing ideas in relation to it, the student may present his
or her work (an exploration) to the teacher in some written form. For example, this might resemble a
set of notes and ideas, with tentative connections drawn between them, spread over a large piece of
paper. Discussion with the teacher should subsequently allow the student to create a plan in which
the structure of the essay can be laid out by paragraph.
3. After this, the student is permitted (and should be encouraged) to present to the teacher one full
draft of the essay. The teacher is permitted to provide written comments of a global nature, but is not
permitted to mark or edit this draft.
4. While the student may seek furthe

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