Theory of Knowledge

Developed in collaboration with the International Baccalaureate Organization, Oxford's Course Companions provide extra support for students taking IB Diploma Programme courses. They present a whole-course approach with a wide range of resources, and encourage a deep understanding of each subject by making connections to wider issues and providing opportunites for critical thinking. This companion stimulates students to think about learning and knowledge from their own and from others' perspectives in a way that crosses disciplines and cultures. It encourages reflection, discussion, critical thinking, and awareness or the ways in which knowledge is constructed, and will students to recognize the implications of knowledge for issues of global concern. · Places students at the center of the course, with lively material providing opportunities for questioning, discussion, and interaction · Invites students to add their own voices to those in the book, which include students, teachers, and professionals in various areas of knowledge · Encourages students to frame their own perspectives with international awareness and recognition of the impact of knowledge on the world · Contains guidance for current assessment, with support for the Theory of Knowledge essay and class presentation · Written by experienced teachers, authors, and examiners, including recent deputy and chief examiners of Theory of KnowledgeDombrowski, Eileen is the author of 'Theory of Knowledge', published 2007 under ISBN 9780199151226 and ISBN 0199151229.