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 Education | Master
of Education -
Science & Math for Teachers
College of Charleston
Rita Liddy Hollings
Science
Center
58 Coming Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Office: Science Center 207
Office
Hours: Mon.
& Wed. - 2:30-3:30 PM; Tues: 1:30-2:30 PM or by appt.
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.
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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
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Publications:
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.
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Grant Funded Projects:
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Courses:
Graduate
SMFT 538
- Topics in Zoology for Teachers
SMFT 639 - Genetics for Teachers
SMFT 697 - Evolution,
Ecology & Conservation Biology
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