John S. Peters, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor   |   Department of Biology  |  College of Charleston
Director  |   Biology & Chemistry Supplemental Instruction Program  |  Center for Student Learning
Advisor | BS in Biology Teaching Option  |  Minor in Secondary Science EducationMaster of Education - Science & Math for Teachers
| Master of Environmetal Studies

Courses
Teaching Philosophy Grant Funded Projects Supplemental Instruction Publications

College of Charleston
Rita Liddy Hollings Science Center
58 Coming Street
Charleston, SC 29424

Office: Science Center 207
Office Hours: I will not be in the office over the summer, and am on sabbatical during the Fall 2009 semester.  Contact me via email.

Office Phone: (843) 953-1422
Fax: (843) 953-5453

petersj@cofc.edu


Degrees:


Research Interests: Science Education - Scientific literacy, Problem Based Learning (PBL) and student-directed inquiry approaches to learning in biology. Fisheries biology; early life history of marine fishes.

Think...."of an experience from your childhood.  Something you remember clearly, something you can see, feel, maybe even smell, as if you were really there.  After all, you really were there at the time, weren't you?  How else would you remember it?  But here is the bombshell: you weren't there.  Not a single atom that was in your body was there when the event took place...Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you.  Whatever you are, therefore, you are not the stuff of which you are made."
From Creation: Life and How to Make It by Steve Grand

Publications and Manuscripts:

Peters, J.S., and D.J. Schmidt, 1997.  Daily age and growth of larval and early juvenile Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) from the South Atlantic Bight.  Fisheries Bulletin.  95(3), 530-539.

Peters, John S. (2006) Science-technology-society literacy in college non-majors biology: Comparing problem/case studies based learning and traditional expository methods of instruction. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Northern Colorado, United States -- Colorado. ProQuest Digital Dissertations database. (Publication No. AAT 3231302).

Peters, J.S., 2007. 
Discovering Biological Science: A Laboratory Manual for Biology 101 at the College of Charleston.


Grant Funded Projects:
Principal Investigator - Civic Engagement in Non-majors Introductory Biology: Connecting Problem-Based Learning and Scientific Inquiry.


Courses:

         Graduate
         SMFT 538 - Topics in Zoology for Teachers
         SMFT 639 - Genetics and Molecular Biology for Teachers
         SMFT  697 - Evolution, Ecology & Conservation Biology

Undergraduate

Biology 101 - Elements of Biology I
Biology 102 - Elements of Biology II
Biology 151 - Honors Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
Biology 111 - Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology
Biology 112 - Introduction to Evolution, Animal and Plant Biology
Biology 211 - Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Biology

Biology 341 - General Ecology

Introductory Biology (101/102/111/112) Resources for Lab TAs