A challenge faced by many high school educators is figuring out a way to ignite interest and excitement in students about the upcoming lesson for any particular day. Engaging students has been found to promote retention of material and increase awareness of the relevance and applicability of the material being taught. The following video focuses on how to foster interest from the very beginning of a class through the use of an interest approach, also known as the anticipatory set, set induction, or hook. Grabbing the attention of the students from the get-go is the whole goal. You want to make sure students see the importance of the lesson they are about to learn, and this can be accomplished by an interest approach. Interest approaches are short activities, between 5 and 10 minutes, that 'hook' the students and have them sitting on the edge of their seats.
This video was developed to not only provide specific information on what an interest approach is, and is not, but to help in your Lab II - Interest Approach planning. I won't lie, sometimes figuring out an interest approach is difficult, but utilizing some of the resources provided by the PSU faculty and using your own creative ingenuity, I'm sure you will be developing interest approaches in no time!
But, as always, never hesitate to come to one of the AEE Teacher Education team with questions! We are here to help you develop and become one of the nation's best Ag Teachers!
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