Life has often been likened to a wheel. Life goes well when the different components (the spokes) are strong. The same is true of teaching. When we ignore key aspects, the whole thing implodes.
Below are eight components on my “wheel of teaching”. Have a go at scoring each aspect of your teaching life, where the rim of the wheel represents 10 (the best it could possibly be) and the hub represents 0 (the worst it could possibly be). Pop an X on each spoke to illustrate where you are right now.
what they do. But there is an assumption here that is wrong: there is no such thing as “planning and delivering a great lesson”. Teaching is not like delivering a speech or making a cake. It is not a functional task. Teaching is personal and transactional. If you are going to achieve balance in this area, embrace a very simple question by which to self-evaluate: Did I succeed in helping my students to grow today?
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