About the workshops
The Bebras International Task Workshops, where experts from all Bebras countries meet to discuss and prepare tasks, is crucial to the success of the Bebras initiative. Each country provides a set of task proposals, and the whole pool of proposals is then discussed at the workshop.
Workshop Process
How the workshop works
Country Participation
Two delegates from each Bebras contest country are asked to participate in Bebras task workshop. If countries would like to bring more delegates they should negotiate with the organisers of the workshop.
Task Proposals Submission
Each participating country is asked to provide a set of task proposals at least one month before the workshop. The whole pool of proposals is discussed during the workshop.
Teachers Submit Tasks
Teachers submit their tasks to Bebras Armenia team
Bebras Armenia Committee Review
Bebras Armenia committee reviews submissions, picks 2-3 that are top quality, translates them, fixes graphics and sends them to Bebras international committee
International Committee Review
International committee reviews it, pre-workshop working groups review tasks, categorize them as held back, work needed or accepted
During Workshop
During workshop work needed tasks being worked by working groups, which consists of members of different Bebras countries
Group Work
Due to big amount of proposed tasks, participants of the workshop are working in groups with different task selections.
Mandatory Tasks Selection
Well-prepared and attractive tasks which are important for Informatics can be selected as mandatory tasks. Each group in the workshop should propose a number of candidate mandatory tasks. Mandatory tasks are confirmed by voting at the end of workshop.
National Task Set
The national contest organisers make up their national task set from this pool. A subset of the task pool is determined to be mandatory and used in all national Bebras contests.
Symposium and Additional Activities
Usually a day or half-day symposium for local teachers and researchers is part of the workshops. Beside the main aim - developing the Bebras task pool, specific goals can be raised in particular workshop. For example, in 2012, one of the goals was to develop new quality standards for Bebras task proposals (with revised Informatics concepts for high education) and to elaborate strategy on new kinds of interactive tasks.
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