The Knowledge Questions listed below are developed from some of the more basic Knowledge Questions here: https://pnewton.ca/knowledge-questions-for-the-november-2019-prescribed-titles/
Prescribed Title #1
- How does accuracy in news reports about science affect knowledge acquisition?
- To what extent is recognizing bias in the study of history the responsibility of the government?
- To what extent is it a translator’s responsibility to remain accurate when translating literature
- To what extent is a reader of literature required to interpret it in the way the author intended?
- How is a judge responsible for checking the evidence provided by police during a trial?
Prescribed Title #2
- How does the “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” nature of people in art create challenges in interpreting art?
- How does individual psychology create challenges in knowledge production?
- How do the “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” people in history create challenges in avoiding bias?
- How do “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” people create challenges when doing research in the human sciences?
- How do “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” scientists create challenges when evaluating research?
- To what extent do the “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” characteristics of mathematicians create challenges when evaluating the use of statistics?
- To what extent do the “unique, unprecedented, unrepeatable” characteristics of religious leaders create challenges when interpreting religious texts?
Prescribed Title #3
- To what extent does the overturning of old scientific theories affect students’ confidence in current shared knowledge?
- To what extent does the overturning of old scientific theories increase scientists’ confidence in current shared knowledge?
- To what extent does the overturning of old scientific theories in the media decrease the publics’ confidence in current shared knowledge?
- To what extent do changes in Japanese art affect confidence in Japanese traditions?
- How do changes in MRI research on criminals affect confidence in views on the justice system?
- To what extent do changes in animal research affect confidence in views on human sexuality?
Prescribed Title #4
- How does just observing and writing down observationshelp avoid bias in the study of history?
- How effective is using MRIs to determine criminal behavior?
- To what extent is it effective to translate literature in a literal way?
- To what extent is rote learning an effective way to learn mathematics?
- How effective is it to study Japanese manners just by observing bowing?
Prescribed Title #5
- How does scepticism about vaccinations affect the successful production of knowledge?
- To what extent does a scientist’s scepticism about scientific research help the successful production of knowledge?
- To what extent does scepticism about literature in translation help the successful production of knowledge?
- To what extent does scepticism about the use of statistics help the successful production of knowledge?
- How does skepticism about political news affect what readers learn from it?
Prescribed Title #6
- To what extent is the study of literature based on universal themes and not literary features?
- To what extent is the study of bias in the study of history as important as studying history itself?
- To what extent does a translation need to stay true to universal themes rather than literal meanings?
- How does a discredited scientific research paper teach more than the original topic of the research?