And, some expressed a new-found awareness that some components were more essential than others. I developed and have used it since 1976 because it serves as a format for focusing learners' critical thinking on the hierarchy of program components needed to reach a particular goal. Structural arrangement of Focus Wheel. Instructions for the Focus Wheel are presented as an analogy in which metaphors are used to translate the abstract diagram into a systems approach to program planning. Within the analogy, the Focus Wheel is described as a revolving wheel.
Hub circle is used in the context of the focal point, or goal, of all ensuing planning.
Motion is analogous to a network of essential parts that form the beginning of the goal achievement planning process. Round out is used in the context of identifying program components that lead to a fully developed program. An example of a completed Focus Wheel is shown in Figure 2. Voluneteer leaders' 4-H program components. Audiences have always responded favorably to the Focus Wheel exercise, now more sure where they need to concentrate their programming efforts.