Hints & Tips for Oral Presentation

Understanding Knowledge Issues: Knowledge issues are something we think that we know, i.e.: A. Believe to be true B. Want to evaluate to determine the level of validity The aim of the T K student is to ask the !uestion:

How Do We Know what we Know?

"ossible ways of #ustifying knowledge $laims: Instin$t Intuition "er$e%tion &viden$e ' bservation (easoning )anguage (efle$tion ' *ontem%lation +emory Authority ,rou% *onsensus -aith ' Belief *ommon Wisdom &du$ation .alues ' +orals

Knowledge issues are the questions that directly refer to our understanding of the world, ourselves and others connection with the acquisition, search for, production, shaping and acceptance of knowledge. Source: T K !uide "age # But what does this mean? Knowledge issues are the aims and ob#e$tives of the $ourse demonstrated in a %ra$ti$al way. They are not ne$essarily negative as%e$ts of the information in !uestion. They are usually framed as !uestions but $an be statements. They are based on knowledge $laims and are used to generate analysis and im%li$ations. But how do I know what a Knowledge Issue looks like? The limitations of this definition'argument are/ If we define it differently 0from another $ulture'linguisti$'e1%eriential2 %ers%e$tive then/ The logi$al falla$y in this %ers%e$tive is/ The assum%tions in this are %roblemati$ be$ause/

In other words, you identify a claim and find knowledge issues with it that may include the following !imitations "ssumptions Bias "lternati#e culture & linguistic perspecti#es Pro$lems with %ustification or proof &ifferent definitions Pro$lems of logic "lternati#e sides to an issue &ifferences in perception 'elational (uestions Philosophies of theories Possi$le uncertainties )onsiderations of #arious ways of knowing *+oK,

-ore tips on good Theory of Knowledge presentations

A. .ou should $e e/ploring and issue0 this means that you should present different points of #iew 1 e#en if they contradict each other and e#en if you disagree with them2 3ou $an try to re$on$ile different %oints of view and e1%lain %re$isely why they are in$om%atible. 3ou do not have to $hoose one %oint of view as 4$orre$t,5 but you should avoid the rather va$uous 4so there are different %oints of view, all of whi$h are e!ually valid5 a%%roa$h. 6o not be afraid of giving your own o%inion7 you $an %oint out that there are %roblems with your o%inion, but be honest and say what you really think. B. Try to co#r the facts (uickly and get on to the a$stract TO! principles2 If you have $hosen a to%i$ where there are im%ortant fa$ts the audien$e needs to know then you should get through it !ui$kly 8 there are no marks for dissemination of information. The fo$us of the %resentation must be analysis, not des$ri%tion. If you $an5t summari9e the fa$ts in a $ou%le of minutes then you should give a summary to read beforehand. *. Once you ha#e drawn out the a$stract TOK principles you should try to see what the implications of these principles are, perhaps use the implications to reflect on the #alidity of the principles2 6. )onsider carefully how you communicate the structure of your presentation2 It may be $lear in your mind, but the audien$e may not find it so easy. It $an hel% to have one or more overheads or %osters with the main %oints in bullet form, using large font.