DP Geography and the Core: approaching EEs and supporting TOK

DP Geography teachers are pulled into two parts of the IB Core that the syllabus alone will not prepare them for: supervising students who choose to write a 4000-word Extended Essay in Geography, and supporting Theory of Knowledge as a subject teacher. Both shape student outcomes well beyond exam results, and both reward teachers who know how to engage with them strategically.

The first of two 90-minute sessions tackles the Extended Essay. Richard and Matt walk you through guiding a student from the initial spark of an idea, to a workable research question, to an effective outline, and on to a high-quality first draft, covering the supervisor moves that most reliably lift Geography EEs into the upper bands.

The second session turns to Theory of Knowledge. Discover practical ways to weave TOK into DP Geography lessons and, in turn, make the TOK course more accessible to your students, drawing on real-world geographical examples that bring knowledge questions to life and help students see your subject as central to how they think, not just what they know.

Leave with practical tools for supervising stronger Geography EEs and for making meaningful contributions to your school's TOK course.