Closing Synthesis" APEID Summary 2000
I am reminded this morning of the story of how the medieval monk Augustine was walking along the seashore contemplating how he could understand the universe and his God. An angel appeared to him and promised to give him that understanding, if he could first pour the entire ocean before him into the pail he was carrying.
In similar fashion, I feel a little like being asked to pour an ocean in to a pail, in attempting to summarize the week's rich deliberations into twenty minutes. The task is even more difficult than that in standard conferences for two reasons: First, the annual ACEID tradition of concurrent sessions has become a recognized marketplace of innovative education ideas throughout this region, so that this year we have over a hundred such sessions, in addition to the special interest group meetings, the roundtables, and plenary sessions. Second, this year's theme is far more complex then others in the past. Based on your feedback, PROAP responded by identifying four dominant themes: globalization, information technology, indigenous knowledge, and multiple intelligences. I originally worried as to how these four major topics could be woven together for an overriding theme. My fear was unfounded; you will testify that these themes indeed came together very well this week.
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