1. WOKs And AOKs
Sept 16th

2. Agenda Introduce the different Ways of Knowing
Introduce the different Areas of Knowing
END GOAL: Know what the different AOKs and WOKs are and be able to briefly discuss them.
Agenda

3. Ways of Knowing The different ways that we gain knowledge.
How we acquire knowledge about the world around us AND figure out our relationship with it.
Intertwined and dependent
Ways of Knowing

4. Ways of Knowing Emotion Faith Imagination Language Memory Reason
Sense Perception
Ways of Knowing

5. How we divide up and label the knowledge that we possess.
Different categories.
Overlapping!
Areas of Knowledge

6. Areas of Knowledge The Arts Ethics History Human Sciences
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Mathematics
Natural Sciences
Religious Knowledge Systems
Areas of Knowledge

7. The Course Cover the AOKs and WOKs over 1 ½ years
2 IB assessments cover this material
Create knowledge claims and knowledge questions based on all of this material.
The Course

8. Look over the Ways of Knowing, which one do you think is the most reliable way of gaining knowledge?
EXPLAIN in detail and with examples!
Question 1

9. Look over the different Areas of Knowledge, which one do you think is the most important?
EXPLAIN in detail and with examples.
Areas of Knowledge

10. “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.” –Oscar Wilde
Agree or Disagree? Explain with examples.
Quote 1

11. “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as the knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” –Charles Spurgeon
What does that mean?
Do you agree with it?
Quote 2

12. “The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” –Albert Einstein
Agree or disagree? Explain.
Quote 3

13. “It is beyond doubt that all of our knowledge begins with experience
“It is beyond doubt that all of our knowledge begins with experience.” – Immanuel Kant
Agree? Disagree?
Examples?
Quote 4

14. “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care
“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt
Agree or Disagree?
How does it apply to your life?
Quote 5

15. “Knowledge, like air, is vital to life
“Knowledge, like air, is vital to life. Like air, no one should be denied it.” – Alan Moore
Does this quote apply to society?
Is it true?
Quote 6