How do we know

How do we know? 1 How do we know? Year 8 Island Time Truth and Lies Overview An introduction to thinking about knowledge. Thinking about knowledge How do you know? (you do not have to give the answers, bur rather say how you would find them out) 1. Your age? 2. Your name? 3. What to eat? 4. What type of phone to buy? 5. That you attend Island School? 6. What subjects to choose for Year 9? Certainty List 5 things that you are most certain of in your life. Working in pairs, compare your lists and see if you can come to any agreement on the statements that you both have made. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The ways of knowing Can you recall the Ways of Knowing? Imagine that you had to explain the ways of knowing to a Year 7 student. What would be the best way to do this? There are now additional Ways of Knowing- Imagination, Memory, Faith and Intuition. Take a look at this link to find out more about these WOK’s- http://www.theoryofknowledge.net/ways-of- knowing/ Can you provide an example of each Way of Knowing? Tasks Make a list or draw a diagram that shows how the ways we ‘know’ the answers to the questions (on the left) are different? ‘Some ways of knowing are better than others?’ What might this statement mean? Can you divide up the subjects you learn (or topics you learn) at school into how you know the answers? Do some questions have ’right’ answers and others have a number of possible answers? Why? As a class can you find some things that you all totally agree on? What sorts of things are they? Can they be categorized?

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How do we know? 1

How do we know?

Year 8

Island Time

Truth and Lies

Overview

An introduction to thinking about knowledge.

Thinking about knowledge

How do you know? (you do not have to give the answers, bur rather say how you would find them out)

1. Your age? 2. Your name? 3. What to eat? 4. What type of phone to buy? 5. That you attend Island School? 6. What subjects to choose for Year 9?

Certainty

List 5 things that you are most certain of in your life. Working in pairs, compare your lists and see if you can come to any agreement on the statements that you both have made. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

The ways of knowing

Can you recall the Ways of Knowing? Imagine that you had to explain the ways of knowing to a Year 7 student. What would be the best way to do this? There are now additional Ways of Knowing- Imagination, Memory, Faith and Intuition. Take a look at this link to find out more about these WOK’s- http://www.theoryofknowledge.net/ways-of-knowing/

Can you provide an example of each Way of Knowing?

Tasks

Make a list or draw a diagram that shows how the ways we ‘know’ the answers to the questions (on the left) are different?

‘Some ways of knowing are better than others?’ What might this statement mean?

Can you divide up the subjects you learn (or topics you learn) at school into how you know the answers?

Do some questions have ’right’ answers and others have a number of possible answers? Why? As a class can you find some things that you all totally agree on? What sorts of things are they? Can they be categorized?