TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

#1 Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
Key Words and Phrases: Knowledge, generated, interaction, critical thinking, creative thinking, evaluate

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
Knowledge: What definition of knowledge will I use? What definition best fits my argument?
Knowledge

is generated: What is the process by which knowledge is generated? What does generated mean? Is that the same as new knowledge is created?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.

Critical thinking What is critical thinking? How will I define critical and distinguish critical from other types of thinking? Does critical mean the same as analytical? rational? scientific? Where/when/how is critical thinking used?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
Creative thinking What is creative thinking? How will I define creative and distinguish critical from other types of thinking? Does creative mean the same as intuitive? artistic? non-analytical? Where/when/how is creative thinking used?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
Interaction What does interaction mean? What does interaction mean in the context of two ways of thinking? Does the interaction happen within the mind of one person? In the interaction of two or more people? Different time periods? Different disciplines? How/when/where do these two types of thinking come into contact and interact?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.
Action

term: Evaluate What exactly does it mean to evaluate? Am I to examine if this statement is true or not? Do I examine the extent to which it is true or not? What is the relationship between evaluate and analyze? Evaluate and prove? How will I know when my evaluation is complete?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge. Assumptions in the title:
That knowledge IS generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. That knowledge cant be generated WITHOUT interaction, without the presence of both critical and creative thinking. That the way knowledge is generated is different among the various areas of knowledge.

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge. Knowledge Issues:
To what extent does the generation of knowledge require both critical and creative thinking? How does the relative roles of creative and critical thinking and their interaction vary among the areas of knowledge? How can we make a clear distinction between types of thinking, particularly between critical and creative thinking?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge. Areas of Knowledge: Natural sciences, human sciences, history, mathematics, arts, ethics Which two areas of knowledge should I use? Should I choose two AoK that will give me opportunity to compare and contrast the different ways and levels of interaction between critical thinking and creative thinking?

TOK Essay: Unpacking the Title

Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge.

Return to the checklist: What are the knowledge issues? What stance will you take? What AoK and WoK will you address? What are the examples? Deal with any counterclaims. Note any implications.