Creating the TOK Exhibition
The TOK exhibition is an empowering assessment task which gives students a great deal of choice, and allows them to present their achievements to a public audience. Of course, this openness brings its own challenges, but you are able to provide a lot of support to students, and guide them through the steps of designing and delivering their exhibitions.
Both your students and you can make full use of ManageBac in creating and overseeing the exhibition, and we go over the different steps that you can follow below.
6 steps to creating your TOK exhibition
Step 1 Choose an IA prompt | Your students should have already been exposed to the 35 IA prompts during formative assessment tasks, so they shouldn’t be coming to them without a fairly good awareness of what they ask. Help your students to make their decision by encouraging them to link the prompts to the TOK themes, and to the structure of the course that you have designed. This will help them decide which one will work best for them. |
Step 2 Select the objects | Again, your students should have already had practice in selecting objects, and linking them to the TOK course. Make them aware that:
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Step 3 Initial planning meeting | Although a meeting with your students is not officially mandated like the three essay interactions, it is highly recommended. Meet them to discuss the following aspects of their exhibition so far: The IA prompt they’ve selected, and why The objects they’ve chosen, and the link these have to them as knowers The way in which they will justify their objects (linked to the bullet point above) The context of their exhibition (ie the core or optional theme) How clearly this all links to the TOK course How they’ll demonstrates the way TOK concepts manifest themselves in the world around us |
Step 4 Write and check the draft commentary | After you have set them on a clear path following the planning meeting, you should give your students time to write draft versions of their commentaries. Their commentaries should include the four characteristics we have already considered above, but listed again here:
Qualities of an excellent draft are:
You should give some oral or written commentary to your students to help them turn this draft into the final version of their commentary. |
Step 5 Submit the TOK exhibition file | After students have written their commentaries, they are ready to submit their exhibition files. This should include:
You will be assessing this yourself, and uploading a sample selection of exhibition files to the IB (they will explain the process of doing this; it will happen automatically after you have inputted their grades). |
Step 6 Present the TOK exhibition | The presentation of the exhibitions is not part of the assessment process, and students will not be marked on how they do in this. But it is a great opportunity to market the TOK department to your learning community, and clarify what we do during the course to younger students, non-TOK members of staff, and parents. Your school should seize this opportunity to showcase a fantastic part of the Diploma Programme! |
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