Qualitative and Quantitative Data
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data
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100th ToK Blog Post: In Honour of Spaghettification and the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Posted in Natural Sciences, Uncategorized on Apr 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
April 29, 2009
Notes on InterToK – Follow Up Session
Andy Fletcher’s book recommendations → to be found on his webpage, specifically here: Bibliography
String Theory
- No evidence: not wrong, not right. Cannot be falsified.
- Quarks are made of strings
Name derived from James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake, taken from the phrase “Three quarks for Muster Mark” (see: Finnegan’s [...]
Instructions for 27/4
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 27th, 2009 13 Comments »
1) Get into groups of 2-3 people. Each group should include students from different math courses (Math Studies, Math Standard and Math High).
2) Go to this website: Distok Math
3) Click through the slideshow – but do so slowly, discussing points that your interesting, responding to questions asked, accessing links giving (e.g. The Monty Hall problem). [...]
Protected: History Syllabus Questions
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Cultural Issues; Columbine Anniversary
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2009 1 Comment »
From Slate: The Cultural Weight of an Unveiled Face
…as well as an article on Columbine, just because it’s worth reflecting about.
In One Ear, Out the Other
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
Illuminating Examples of Memory’s Whimsy and Bad Taste
Future of the Media
Posted in Ethics, Media, Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009 No Comments »
The media has changed tremendously in the past five to ten years, and more changes are surely still ahead of us. You are all of course familiar with Youtube which was created in 2005 and probably watched some of the video highlights of the most recent US Presidential elections – some of which helped garner votes, [...]
How to Measure…That Is the Question
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 26th, 2008 No Comments »
An article on the BBC webpage states that, “[f]or many people, changing one way you measure things seems to be much more than a simple practical step. This is because at the heart of every system of measurement lies a whole way of seeing the world.”
You can read the whole article here.
An Article to Peruse
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2008 No Comments »
California’s Proposition 8
Fallacies Handouts
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Fallacies Handout
Fallacies Exercise
Glori is pretty cool
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008 10 Comments »
In an article entitled “The Test Passes, Colleges Fail” Peter Salins explores the following question: Do SATs predict (college) graduation rates more accurately than high school grade-point averages? An interesting question without doubt, given the fact that the actual value of the SAT is frequently challenged.
For us, the article also pays careful attention to methods [...]
The Veil in Turkey: A Nation between Secularism and Islam
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008 No Comments »
An update on the veil issue in Muslim-secular Turkey:
Generation Faithful: Youthful Voice Stirs Challenge to Secular Turks
ToK-ish New York Times Articles
Posted in Ethics, Natural Sciences, Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
A couple of articles that I came across in the New York Times yesterday looked rather ToK-ish. You could issue them for reflection in your journals.
Article No. 1:
Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India
Is this right? What do you think?
With Child, With Cancer
Should chemotherapy be used while a person is pregnant? Is [...]
