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Signed language, symbolism, and reflections on inclusion

November 20, 2017November 21, 2017Eileen Dombrowski
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I learned something important from my friend Lynx – something important for how I think about TOK and knowledge. It was almost seven years ago. I was interviewing her, as an experienced New Zealand Sign Language interpreter, on how signed languages worked and what they tell us about the nature of language. I was keenly […]

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“Really? You don’t know what MATTER is?”: Nobel Laureate in physics uses doughnuts to explain.

October 26, 2015Eileen Dombrowski
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In just a minute and a half on a comedy show, Nobel Laureate Arthur McDonald explains the discovery in physics that made him a co-winner of a Nobel Prize this month. Well, actually…..no, he doesn’t. But he does provoke a laugh, perhaps especially for Canadians who recognize the popular chocolate Timbits (doughnuts) he resorts to […]

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Shared knowledge, personal knowledge: not a one-way flow

October 19, 2015Eileen Dombrowski
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Just a quick post today – to pass on a story that is likely to appeal to students. When we discuss personal knowledge and shared knowledge in class, the flow of knowledge may seem to students to be very much in one direction. As they learn immense amounts as IB students, the floodgates are wide […]

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“It shakes your guts.”: TOK knowing in an adventurous ice climb

August 24, 2015September 6, 2015Eileen Dombrowski
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Ice climbing to precipitous heights is not everyone’s idea of a good time. Certainly – most certainly – not mine! But while I find adventurer Will Gadd’s ascent of frozen Niagara Falls essentially horrifying, I’m intrigued at the potential for a stimulating TOK class that emerges from the videos of his climb in January and […]

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