Aims of the course

According to the IB Subject Guide, the aims of the TOK course are to:
1. Develop a fascination with the richness of knowledge as a human endeavour, and an understanding of the empowerment that follows from reflecting upon it

2. Develop an awareness of how knowledge is constructed, critically examined, evaluated and renewed, by communities and individuals

3. Encourage students to reflect on their experiences as learners, in everyday life and in the Diploma Programme, and to make connections between academic disciplines and between thoughts, feelings and actions

4. Encourage an interest in the diversity of ways of thinking and ways of living of individuals and communities, and an awareness of personal and ideological assumptions, including participants' own

5. Encourage consideration of the responsibilities originating from the relationship between knowledge, the community and the individual as citizen of the world.