Peter Garik

Research

Dr. Garik is the BU co-investigator and partner in the GLOBE Mission Earth Project, a collaboration of multiple universities funded by a grant from NASA’s Science Activation (SciAct) Program to engage teachers and students in project-based learning with GLOBE Protocols and NASA learning assets. He is also a principal instructor in the BU Learning Assistant Program and one of the initiators of the Improving Teaching of Physics (ITOP) Program for in-service physics teachers.

With collaborators at BU, Dr. Garik has been working in the high-need Providence Public School District to improve science teaching in Grades K-12 since 2015. He is the PI for the Physical Science Urban Noyce Scholars (PSUNS) Project, funded by the NSF Noyce Program, and works with pre-service Robert Noyce Scholars.

Selected Publications

• “Teaching the Conceptual History of Physics to Physics Teachers,” P. Garik, L. Garbayo, Y. Benétreau-Dupin, C. Winrich, A. Duffy, N. Gross, and M. Jariwala. Science & Education, 24(4), 387-408 (2015). DOI 10.1007/s11191-014-9731-9
• “Report on a Boston University Conference December 7–8, 2012 on How Can the History and Philosophy of Science Contribute to Contemporary US Science Teaching?” P. Garik and Y. Benétreau-Dupin. Science & Education 23(9), 1853-1873 (2014).
• “The Impact of Conceptual History on Teachers’ PCK,” Charles Winrich, Babson College, and Peter Garik, Andrew Duffy, Nicholas Gross, and Manher Jariwala, Boston University. International History and Philosophy of Science Teaching Group Conference, Pittsburgh, June 2013. http://archive.ihpst.net/2013-pittsburgh/conference-proceedings/