BQ1 asks, What is knowledge, and why does it require scrutiny? It has been completely updated for 2024-25, with improved learning activities, a fresh new design, new media sources, more support for the essay and exhibition, and a clearer focus on authentic critical thinking.
We’ve also added suggestions to every lesson on how to use AI-tools to deepen our knowledge of the world, and added a range of support material, which is presented for convenience on padlets. It’s our best ever resource for delivering the TOK course!
Download the sample BQ lessons
The BQ framework is a complete, classroom ready course that offers a genuinely life-changing cognitive experience for both learners and educators. It has been completely updated for 2024-25, with links to the assessments, and suggestions for AI-activities.
The BQ course comprises 75 lessons exploring 5 ‘Big Questions’, and helps students to develop the skills they will require to create the essay and exhibition. Download some sample BQ lessons via the padlet below. Access the rest by joining us here.
Enrich BQ1 via our other resources
Hit the buttons below to take you to our other resources, which are designed to be used alongside the BQ lessons. Because they are updated every month, they’ll help your students to keep pace with the world.
Use the resources to help students grasp the key concepts of TOK, articulate their thinking, collect real-world examples, and master the skills they’ll need for the essay and exhibition.
Help your learners to exit their echo chambers!
Our online and in-person workshops offer the usual support for students writing the essay and exhibition, and TOK departments designing great courses.
But our training sessions go much further than this: by focusing on authentic critical thinking, they demonstrate how to help learners confront, rather than confirm, their biases and assumptions, and exit their echo chambers. This makes them accessible and relevant for all teachers, whatever their subject or programme. Read more here.