University of Colorado Boulder

About: University of Colorado Boulder is a education organization based out in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Galaxy. The organization has 48794 authors who have published 115151 publications receiving 5387328 citations. The organization is also known as: CU Boulder & UCB.

Reflective Teaching: An Introduction

Abstract: CONTENTS SERIES PREFACE Introduction Examining the Social Conditions of Schooling Understanding and Examining Personal Beliefs about Teaching and Schooling About the Books in this Series Series Acknowledgments PREFACE Acknowledgements 1. UNDERSTANDING REFLECTIVE TEACHING An Initial Distinction: Reflective Teaching and Technical Teaching On Reflective Teaching The Bandwagon of Reflective Teaching 2. HISTORICAL ROOTS OF REFLECTIVE TEACHING Introduction Dewey's Contribution: What is Reflective Teaching? Openmindedness Responsibility Wholeheartedness Reflection and the Pressures of Teaching Schon: "Reflection-on-Action" and "Reflection-in-Action" Framing and Reframing Problems Criticisms of Schon's Conception Reflection: A Singular or Dialogical Activity Reflection as Contextual Summary 3. TEACHERS' PRACTICAL THEORIES Introduction Handal and Lauvas' Framework for Understanding the Source of Teachers' Practical Theories Personal Experience Transmitted Knowledge Values Summary 4. THE STUFF OF REFLECTION Introduction Teaching as emotional labor Thinking and Feeling Metaphors and Images in Teacher Enabling Reflection on Teaching Conclusion 5. REFLECTIVE TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL TRADITIONS Introduction Teachers, Traditions, and Teaching The Progressive Tradition The Conservative Tradition Core Knowledge - E. D. Hirsch Higher Learning The Social Justice Tradition The Spiritual-Contemplative Tradition Conclusion 6. SELF, STUDENT, AND CONTEXT IN REFLECTIVE TEACHING Introduction The Teaching Self Attending to Students The Context of Schooling The Social Conditions of Schooling Engaging Community and Difference One Last Vignette Concluding Thoughts... Appendix A References

Mutual Fund Herding and the Impact on Stock Prices

Abstract: We analyze the trading activity of the mutual fund industry from 1975 through 1994 to determine whether funds “herd” when they trade stocks and to investigate the impact of herding on stock prices. Although we find little herding by mutual funds in the average stock, we find much higher levels in trades of small stocks and in trading by growth-oriented funds. Stocks that herds buy outperform stocks that they sell by 4 percent during the following six months; this return difference is much more pronounced among small stocks. Our results are consistent with mutual fund herding speeding the price-adjustment process. DO INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS “F LOCK TOGETHER” ~or “herd,” as it is often called! when they trade securities? Do some investors follow the lead of others when they trade? Such questions have interested researchers for some time, and are central to understanding the impact of institutional trading on securities markets and to understanding the way in which information becomes incorporated into market prices. 1

A Communication-Based Marketing Model for Managing Relationships:

Abstract: The authors propose a communication-based model of relationship marketing and discuss how communication (rather than persuasion) is the foundation of the “new” customer-focused marketing efforts. T...

Pathological and protective roles of glia in chronic pain

Abstract: Glia have emerged as key contributors to pathological and chronic pain mechanisms. On activation, both astrocytes and microglia respond to and release a number of signalling molecules, which have protective and/or pathological functions. Here we review the current understanding of the contribution of glia to pathological pain and neuroprotection, and how the protective, anti-inflammatory actions of glia are being harnessed to develop new drug targets for neuropathic pain control. Given the prevalence of chronic pain and the partial efficacy of current drugs, which exclusively target neuronal mechanisms, new strategies to manipulate neuron–glia interactions in pain processing hold considerable promise.

Position statement. Part one: Immune function and exercise.

Abstract: An ever-growing volume of peer-reviewed publications speaks to the recent and rapid growth in both scope and understanding of exercise immunology. Indeed, more than 95% of all peer-reviewed publications in exercise immunology (currently >2, 200 publications using search terms "exercise" and "immune") have been published since the formation of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology (ISEI) in 1989 (ISI Web of Knowledge). We recognise the epidemiological distinction between the generic term "physical activity" and the specific category of "exercise", which implies activity for a specific purpose such as improvement of physical condition or competition. Extreme physical activity of any type may have implications for the immune system. However, because of its emotive component, exercise is likely to have a larger effect, and to date the great majority of our knowledge on this subject comes from exercise studies.