Our aim is nothing less than to offer your learners a life-changing cognitive experience. Underpinning this is the principle of authentic critical thinking, inviting students to confront – rather than confirm – their biases and assumptions, and exit their echo chambers.
Faculty and Elite memberships give your entire teaching and learning community access to all our TOK and ACT resources. To join, go straight to our payment page here.
Here’s what faculty membership gives you (yes, it’s a lot…)
Faculty and Elite members of the site have access to the following features and resources. Click on the resource icons to take you to the sample padlet, or section of the site, where you’ll be able to either download sample materials, or find out more about the materials.
If you have any questions about membership features or payment issues, get in touch at [email protected]. We pride ourselves on our speed at responding to queries, which is another key aspect of the service we provide members.
Three classroom-ready courses + assessment lessons
Members can choose from three different classroom-ready courses: the traditional Classic TOK, the Big Question framework, and the slightly more left field Disruptive Ideas. We also offer seperate assessment lessons that can slot into whichever structure you choose.
Monthly newsletters, offering 20 mini-lessons and homeroom debates
Our newsletter, The Examined Life, focuses on 20 impactful stories every month, unpacking them via mini-lessons for both IB and non-IB students. The Homeroom debates, included as part of the newsletter, get even more people onboard – these are resources for your whole faculty.
Integration resources for your whole faculty
The DP Integration Tool is purpose-designed for non-TOK teachers, and consists of 25 padlets for each IB Diploma subject, which are updated every month with engaging media stories to faciliate ‘triangular integration’. Subject teachers can also make use of the newsletter, mini-lessons, and other resources such as filmography.
Resources to enhance and extend TOK
The Extended Explorations invite you to dive more deeply into big contemporary events and issues. TOK via TED introduces some of the most important thinkers working today. Explore thought-provoking ideas via the TOK Filmography. Lastly, grasp the 12 Key Concepts within real-world contexts.
Resources for pre-IB students
Thinking For Yourself is a 14-lesson critical thinking course. The Thinking Citizen establishes thinking skills at the heart of ethics and citizenship. The World We Live In is a humanities course with a difference. Global Perspectives support students doing the GCSE course.
Resources for non-IB students
We believe that TOK is too special to keep just for IB students. We’ve adapted many of our resources so they offer the same cognitive training, but without the IB requirements. They include the non-IB Examined Life newsletter, ACT mini-lessons, TRACT course, and the Thinking Citizen (Senior).
And there’s still more…
We are constantly adding new resources to the site, and the best way to discover everything is to spend time looking through everything for yourself. But a few other highlights include University Prep, Knowledge Heroes, TOK for Parents, and the TOK micro-lessons.
Join theoryofknowedge.net!
To purchase a faculty membership to the site, follow this link to our payment portal. If you have any questions about payment, such as budget concerns, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We promise we can find a membership price that will work for you. We look forward to you joining us!