PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED
At the initial stage in the deliberations, the facilitator provided the researcher with several articles on action research. In subsequent discussion, it was agreed that it was appropriate to view the project using the cyclical model, as described by McTaggart et al. (1982), in McKernan (1996). This model is shown in Figure 1.
It was further agreed that there would be regular meetings between the researcher and the facilitator. These would occur at least once each cycle, mostly likely at the stage of reflection-upon-action. As Grundy and Kemmis (1981) say: 'The facilitator's principal sphere is the "moment" of reconstructive discourse in the action research cycle, that is, the process of reflection.'
THE PROCESS