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TOK Language Unit Planner

This document outlines an 11th grade Theory of Knowledge (TOK) unit on language that will take 8 weeks. The unit objectives are for students to understand language's function and limitations in acquiring knowledge, and perspectives on language being innate or learned. Teaching methods include small group presentations, class discussions, and peer reviews. Assessments are TOK presentations, weekly readings and essays, and a TOK journal. Resources listed are books and websites on language and TOK. The unit addresses questions on language's role in knowledge, its relationship to culture and knowledge, and how linguistics influenced postmodern philosophy.

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TOK Language Unit Planner

This document outlines an 11th grade Theory of Knowledge (TOK) unit on language that will take 8 weeks. The unit objectives are for students to understand language's function and limitations in acquiring knowledge, and perspectives on language being innate or learned. Teaching methods include small group presentations, class discussions, and peer reviews. Assessments are TOK presentations, weekly readings and essays, and a TOK journal. Resources listed are books and websites on language and TOK. The unit addresses questions on language's role in knowledge, its relationship to culture and knowledge, and how linguistics influenced postmodern philosophy.

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Unit: Language

Subject: TOK (Theory of Knowledge)

Grade: 11
Quarter: 4

Time Required: 8 weeks

Date Updated: June 2008

Objectives:

Teaching/Learning Activities:

Small group skits and presentations


Class Discussion
Peer Reviews on written work

Assessment Tasks:

TOK Presentations.
Weekly readings and short essay questions
TOK Journal
.
Resources:

Woolman. Ways of Knowing.


http://amyscott.com/theory_of_knowledge.htm
http://www.theoryofknowledge.info
Vivek Bammi 2006 Workshop Booklet Articles
Craig Boyce 2001 Workshop Booklet Articles
See digital folder for more articles and relevant www links.

Learner Profile Links:


Inquirers - exploring machine and animal perception.
Reflective TOK journal
Knowledgeable learn the physical and mental process of perception.
Communicators able to present a convincing commercial to the class.

Teacher: Mr. Leland

The student will be able to understand the function and limitations of language as
a way humans acquire knowledge.
The student will be familiar with the arguments associated with language as
learned and innate.
Students will have an introductory grasp of linguistics and semotics
Students will understand the basic difference between a modern and postmodern
view of knowledge and culture.

Guiding Questions:

What role does language have in how we come to know?


Is it possible to know without language?
What is language? Is it different than communication?
What are the advantages and limitations of language?
Is our capacity for language learned or innate?
What is the relationship between language, culture and knowledge?
How can the philosophy of language change the way we think of ourselves and
of reality?
How has the field of linguistics and semiotics contributed to what we now call
postmodern.

Other notes:

This is the longest unit in year one. I use this unit to do much more than simply
discuss the role of language in knowledge acquisition. First I use it to discuss the
significance of the era or zeitgeist. The influence of semiotics and linguistics on
philosophy is explored as a significant factor in ushering the postmodern era.
Second I use it to discuss the relationships between all the ways of knowing.
This culminates in the students final assignment which is a presentation on how
one of the major ways of knowing links to the others. This assignment is meant
to seriously introduce the TOK IA.

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