Klein Forest High School – Theory of Knowledge

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Diploma Programme Candidates Only With its position at the center of the International Baccalaureate hexagon suggesting its connective possibilities, the Theory of Knowledge class offers students the opportunity to reflect on themselves as “knowers” in the act of knowing. Six different areas of knowledge, some of which are intensively pursued in other parts of the curriculum, become the subjects of critical inquiry as “knowers,” singly and in community, explore what it means to know in each area and how those ways bump into or reinforce each other. As they inquire, students cultivate precision in their recognition of the difficulties that attend their ways of knowing: the nature and limit of perception, the trickery and truthfulness of emotions, the seduction and elusiveness of language, and the attraction of reason. Sorting out this tangle of possibilities is the critical challenge of those who desire to thrive in the Theory of Knowledge class. Practiced with the proper curiosity and