Theory of Knowledge,
taught with clarity.
One-to-one coaching for the IB TOK essay and exhibition, taught straight from the marking criteria.
Purpose
Most students find TOK hard not because the content is dense, but because nobody has shown them how the subject wants them to think and write.
TOK Master is one-to-one coaching for the essay and the exhibition. You get a plan for the work ahead, weekly sessions over video, and close written feedback from a tutor who reads the rubric carefully.
No templates. No boilerplate marking.
Team
Wesley Tan
Head Tutor & Founder
When I sat TOK I read the rubric carefully and worked out what actually earned marks. That's how I finished with an A.
Tutoring afterwards, I kept meeting the same student: thoughtful, well-read, and being marked down because nobody had shown them how the rubric actually reads. Once they were shown, the grades moved. Thirty-plus students later, every one finished with an A or a B.
How I teach TOK now draws on the rest of what I study. Engineering has taught me to make a claim specific enough to test. Economics has taught me to argue any case from both sides. Both transfer directly onto how TOK is marked.
- 30+ TOK students privately tutored, every one graded A or B
- IB 45/45, with an A in TOK and an A in the History extended essay
- Freeman Asian Scholar at Wesleyan University; engineering at Dartmouth College
How it works
Introductory call
A short video call to talk through where you are: which title or prompt you're working on, when your school's deadlines fall, and what's getting in the way.
Personal roadmap
A plan for the work ahead: what you'll write, in what order, which drafts I'll mark, all mapped against your school's internal deadlines.
Weekly tutorials
We meet weekly over video. Most sessions go to whatever the current draft needs: sharpening a claim, picking an example apart, fixing commentary, or reading through what you've written. Written feedback between sessions when it helps.
What we cover
TOK Essay
We work through every stage of the essay: choosing a title you can actually argue with, building a thesis worth defending, finding examples that earn marks rather than fill space, and tightening the writing draft by draft.
TOK Exhibition
For the exhibition, we help you pick a prompt worth answering, choose objects that carry the argument, and write commentary that ties them together.
TOK Thinking
Underneath both assessments, TOK is a way of thinking. A lot of the work is teaching that: how to compare, how to evaluate, and how to hold a claim up to its limits, so the essay and exhibition come out of something real.
What every student receives
I keep the roster small so each student gets close attention. Every student gets:
- Weekly one-to-one remote tutorials
- Detailed feedback on essay and exhibition drafts
- A personal roadmap mapped to school deadlines
- Honest marks against the rubric so you know where you stand
- A clear path from first idea to final submission
Fees
Sessions are S$120 per hour (around US$89). Students working towards a particular assessment usually take a bundle at a lower rate.
- Single session
- One-to-one tutorial, billed hourly.
- TOK Exhibition set
- Five sessions, from prompt to object commentary.
- TOK Essay set
- Eight sessions, from prescribed title to final draft.
S$120 / hour
≈ US$89
S$550
≈ US$410
S$850
≈ US$633
Prices are in Singapore dollars; USD figures are rough. Not sure which option fits? We'll work it out on the first call.
Approach
Good TOK writing isn't really about sounding clever. It's about making a claim, testing whether it holds up, and being honest about where it breaks. Four questions I keep coming back to:
What exactly is being claimed?
Most weak essays start with a claim no one would actually disagree with. The work is making it specific.
What is the knowledge issue?
Past the example itself, what's actually being asked? Usually something about how we know, what counts as evidence, or how interpretation shifts the answer.
How does the example prove the point?
An example earns its place by making the argument harder to dismiss, not by sitting next to it.
Where does the claim run out?
The best essays argue with themselves a little. They notice where the claim might not hold, and say so.
Frequently asked questions
Is this fully remote?
Yes. Everything is over video, so it doesn't matter where you are.
Who is this for?
IB students doing TOK, whether you're starting out, working on the exhibition, or polishing a final draft.
Do you help with both the essay and the exhibition?
Yes, both, plus the underlying concepts, AOKs, optional themes, and the argument skills behind them.
Do you write the essay for students?
No. The writing is yours. I'll help you think it through and improve draft after draft, but the words stay yours. That is non-negotiable for academic integrity.
How do I begin?
Send a short enquiry and we'll set up a call.
Begin
If TOK feels harder than it should, start with a call.