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Every IB Theory of Knowledge skill maps to a topic in the syllabus, so sessions cover what the exams test.
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Aristotle tracks 84 IB Theory of Knowledge skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from exam day.
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The curriculum
84 IB Theory of Knowledge skills, personalized to your child
Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.
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Knowledge and the Knower
Optional Themes
Areas of Knowledge
TOK Analytical Toolkit
The TOK Exhibition
The TOK Essay
IB Theory of Knowledge tutoring curriculum84 skills across 6 units
Knowledge and the Knower
The compulsory core theme: who the knower is, how their communities and experience shape what they know, and how personal knowledge relates to shared knowledge. Topics: Knowledge and the Knower.
Optional Themes
Five optional themes, of which a school teaches two; this map carries all five so any school's choice is covered. Topics: Knowledge and Technology, Knowledge and Language, Knowledge and Politics, Knowledge and Religion, Knowledge and Indigenous Societies.
Areas of Knowledge
The five compulsory areas of knowledge, each examined through the same four framework elements: scope, perspectives, methods and tools, and ethics. Topics: Mathematics, The Natural Sciences, The Human Sciences, History, The Arts.
TOK Analytical Toolkit
The transferable moves the course is assessed on: turning a first-order question into a knowledge question, building and testing arguments, and putting the twelve TOK concepts to work. Topics: Knowledge Questions and Claims, Argument, Counterclaim and Evidence, The Twelve TOK Concepts.
The TOK Exhibition
The internally assessed task, worth 33% of the TOK grade: three real-world objects linked to one of the 35 IA prompts, with a commentary of at most 950 words marked out of 10. Topics: The TOK Exhibition.
The TOK Essay
The externally assessed task, worth 67% of the TOK grade: an essay of at most 1,600 words on one of six prescribed titles issued each session, marked out of 10. Topics: The TOK Essay.
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What does Aristotle's IB Theory of Knowledge course cover?
Aristotle's IB Theory of Knowledge course tracks 84 skills across 6 units, mapped to the IB subject guide, including Knowledge and the Knower, Optional Themes, and Areas of Knowledge. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of IB Theory of Knowledge your child has mastered and what to teach next.
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