Reflect on your education from grade school to grad school and describe one memorable learning experience. As an undergraduate, one of my favorite professors turned out to be my instructor for physiological psychology. He stripped away the jargon and laid biology and psychology out for me in a new light. From him I gained a real sense of how approachable science education can be when an instructor truly focuses on facilitating the student's understanding of the material, rather than delivery of specified quantities of course content. My experience with that professor was the basis for my interest in an academic career.
Scientists approach a problem by asking questions.
First and foremost was to understand what interested students. So, I need to work on this question on a regular basis. If I can relate my inquiries into the brain, mind, and behavior with student interests, doing science becomes of interest to students. Expand the concept of doing science in the public interest into instructional formats. The kaleidoscopic metaphor means, on one level, that everything is connected, that as effective new programs, policies and practices are introduced in one arena, it affects the whole system.