University of the Philippines

About: University of the Philippines is a education organization based out in Quezon City, Philippines. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 4589 authors who have published 4437 publications receiving 114846 citations. The organization is also known as: UP.

Avalanche statistics of driven granular slides in a miniature mound

Abstract: [1] We examine avalanche statistics of rain- and vibration-driven granular slides in miniature sand mounds. A crossover from power-law to non power-law avalanche-size statistics is demonstrated as a generic driving rate ν is increased. For slowly-driven mounds, the tail of the avalanche-size distribution is a power-law with exponent −1.97 ± 0.31, reasonably close to a value previously reported for landslide volumes. The interevent occurrence times are also analyzed for slowly-driven mounds; its distribution exhibits a power-law with exponent −2.670 ± 0.001.

What is populism? Who is the populist?

Abstract: Both “populism” and “populist” have long been considered ill-defined terms, and therefore are regularly misapplied in both scholarly and popular discourses.1 This definitional difficulty is exacerbated by the Babelian confusion of voices on populism, where the term’s meaning differs within and between global regions (e.g. Latin America versus Western Europe); time periods (e.g. 1930s versus the present), and classifications (e.g. left/ right, authoritarian/libertarian, pluralist/antipluralist, as well as strains that muddy these distinctions such as homonationalism, xenophobic feminism and multicultural neonationalism). While useful efforts have been made to navigate the vast and heterogeneous conceptual terrain of populism,2 they rarely engage with each other. The result is a dizzying proliferation of different definitions unaccompanied by an understanding as to how they might speak to each other. And this conceptual fragmentation reinforces, and is reinforced by, diverging assessments of populism which tend to cast it as either “good” or “bad” for democracy (e.g. Dzur and Hendriks 2018; Müller 2015).

Teachers’ Reflective Practice in Lesson Study: A Tool for Improving Instructional Practice

Abstract: In teacher education, a collection of research has established the importance of reflection in professional development. Lesson study, a popular professional development in Japan, incorporates reflection in one of its stages to enhance teachers’ capacity to look into their enacted practices to improve their research lessons. However, there appear to be few studies determining the types of reflective practice among teachers. In this study, the various stages of lesson study process were documented and transcribed to analyze the teachers’ reflective practices. Qualitative analyses yielded three types of reflective practice exemplified by the teachers, namely: descriptive, analytical, and critical. The study highlighted the collaborative, sustainable, and provisional environment which enabled the teachers to become practitioners who are able to use their reflections to gain understanding of their instructional practices. Findings also indicated that the context of professional development for teachers must be tailored to their direct experiences for them to significantly use the outcomes. La recherche en formation des enseignants a etabli l’importance de la reflexion dans le developpement professionnel. L’etude de cours, qui constitue un element important du developpement professionnel au Japon, integre la reflexion et vise a augmenter la capacite chez les enseignants de se pencher sur leurs pratiques pour ameliorer leurs lecons. Toutefois, il semble avoir peu d’etudes portant sur le type de pratique reflexive qu’entreprennent les enseignants. La documentation et la transcription des differentes etapes du processus de l’etude de cours ont permis d’analyser les pratiques reflexives chez les enseignants. Les analyses qualitatives en ont revele trois types : descriptives, analytiques et critiques. Cette etude met en evidence le milieu collaboratif, provisoire mais durable, qui a permis aux enseignants de puiser dans leurs reflexions pour mieux comprendre leurs pratiques pedagogiques. Les resultats ont egalement indique que pour que les enseignants profitent de facon significative de leur developpement professionnel, le contexte doit etre adapte a leurs experiences directes.

How did the asian stock markets react to bank mergers after the 1997 financial crisis

Abstract: . The objective of this paper is to empirically assess the stock market reaction to the announcement of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in eight East Asian countries over the 1997–2003 period. M&As are classified according to the status of entity, the time period of the deal and the maturity of the banking system. A bivariate GARCH model is used to estimate abnormal returns taking beta conditional variability into account. We find that the market reacted negatively to M&As during the crisis period (1997–2000) and also in the less mature banking systems (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand).