Wednesday, February 5, 2020

More TOK ideas

Possible TOK Presentation Topics for Students

Keep in mind that a TOK presentation contributes roughly 33% of the final course grade, so watch out! You cannot earn more than 10 points for such an assignment, so do your best to get the maximum grade as it will be easier for you to survive the rest of the examination stages. Look at the topics for TOK presentation to ease the process!

Art

  1. Imagination and will of art.
  2. The Coherence Theory.
  3. Simple Mimesis and relation to reality.
  4. Avante Garde to Chance culture.
  5. Gangnam style.
  6. Obesity and the world of marketing.
  7. Body language.
  8. Westernization in art.
  9. Cultural imperialism.
  10. Correlation between evolution & art.

Ethics

  1. The purpose of life.
  2. Utilitarianism & Categorical Imperative.
  3. Different types of ethical dilemmas.
  4. Self-interest theory.
  5. Living a life without knowing its meaning.
  6. Moral relativism.
  7. Duty ethics & Evolution-Creation theories.
  8. Punishment according to ethical standards.
  9. Defining what is right & what is wrong from an ethical perspective.
  10. Different schools of thoughts.

Dance

  1. Using dance as a language.
  2. Common problems in dancing.
  3. A separate genre of art/sports.
  4. An Indian love story in the context of dance.
  5. Communicating through various dancing movements.
  6. Krumping - a different style of dance.
  7. Dancing by Lacey and Kameron.
  8. Dancing and the art of theatre.
  9. Dancing in the modern cinematography.
  10. The vital role of dance in indigenous communities.

Music

  1. The evolution of the primary purpose of music throughout time.
  2. The form of art to entertain.
  3. History of rock music.
  4. The role of classical music in students' lives.
  5. The impact of different music on human emotions.
  6. Cases of alleged music plagiarism.
  7. The role of music in overall literacy.
  8. The extent to which music conveys knowledge & insight.
  9. Music in the '80s and its role in the modern world.
  10. The Theory of Knowledge & music.

History

  1. The consequences of removing monuments.
  2. The way modern people erase history.
  3. The fate of The Foot Soldier of Birmingham.
  4. The good and the bad in US history.
  5. Seeing the American Revolution from various perspectives.
  6. The significance of the US Confederate Monuments.
  7. Things that Georgetown owes the descendants.
  8. Praising Trump and his actions.
  9. The unfair fate of Mahatma Gandhi.
  10. Reasons why the President needs the so-called Council of Historians.

Psychology

  1. Human Sciences.
  2. How approaches to natural sciences are related to human sciences.
  3. Ways of quantifying data in human sciences.
  4. The credibility of the findings in psychological sciences.
  5. What role ethics plays in psychology.
  6. Empathy & feeling as the way of knowing your neighbor in psychology.
  7. Ethical responsibilities from a psychological point of view.
  8. Human behaviors that are beyond the scope of psychology.
  9. Various psychological approaches applied across different historical periods.
  10. The effectiveness of psychological research.

Maths

  1. Radioactive decay.
  2. A look from the math perspective at Fibonacci numbers in nature.
  3. The constants of nature.
  4. Analysis of the compounding chess squares legend.
  5. The speed of light & time dilation.
  6. The invention of logs.
  7. Different log scales in real life.
  8. Lottery math: the ways to win.
  9. Game theory & expected value.
  10. Scientific induction & deduction.

Emotion

  1. People who base their understanding of the world on feelings.
  2. Evaluating facts vs. feelings.
  3. Mapping human emotions.
  4. The primary purpose of language.
  5. Communicating emotions through language.
  6. The contribution of mentions to reasoning.
  7. Factors that influence emotions: culture, gender, personality traits, etc.
  8. To what extent are human emotions reliable?
  9. Should we rely on our emotions in the decision-making process?
  10. The consequence of having reason and no emotions.

Beauty

  1. Different perceptions of beauty.
  2. The main concepts of beauty in developed countries.
  3. Comparing beauty standards of the Ancient times with modern days.
  4. The central idea of beauty.
  5. Theory of Knowledge and beauty.
  6. The way social media represents beauty.
  7. Factors that affect the perception of beauty.
  8. The role of culture in understanding what is beautiful.
  9. Internal & external beauty.
  10. Plastic surgery.

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