| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Contents | 第11-14页 |
| List of Tables | 第14-15页 |
| Abbreviations | 第15-16页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第16-22页 |
| ·Introduction | 第16页 |
| ·What Is Decision Making | 第16-17页 |
| ·Background to the Study | 第17-19页 |
| ·Focus of the Study | 第19页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第19-21页 |
| ·Outline of the Study | 第21-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE RIVIEW | 第22-35页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Decision Making and Teachers' Beliefs | 第22-26页 |
| ·Decision Making and Experience | 第26-31页 |
| ·Decision Making and Context | 第31-33页 |
| ·Domestic Research on Teacher's Decision Making | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-35页 |
| CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第35-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第35页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第35-36页 |
| ·Participants | 第36-37页 |
| ·Data-gathering Procedures | 第37-42页 |
| ·Pre-observation interviews | 第38-39页 |
| ·Classroom observations | 第39-40页 |
| ·After-class interviews | 第40-41页 |
| ·Scheduled interviews | 第41-42页 |
| ·Data Analysis Procedures | 第42-44页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION | 第44-71页 |
| ·Findings | 第44-62页 |
| ·Introduction | 第44页 |
| ·Planning decisions | 第44-52页 |
| ·Interactive decisions | 第52-60页 |
| ·Evaluative decisions | 第60-62页 |
| ·Discussion | 第62-71页 |
| ·The role of teacher beliefs in instructional decisions | 第63-66页 |
| ·The influence of context factors in teachers' decision making | 第66-69页 |
| ·Administrative factors | 第67-68页 |
| ·Student characteristics | 第68页 |
| ·Class size factors | 第68-69页 |
| ·The role of experience in decision making | 第69-71页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第71-76页 |
| ·Introduction | 第71页 |
| ·Summary of the Main Findings | 第71-72页 |
| ·Similarities between expert and novice teachers in decision making | 第71页 |
| ·Differences between expert and novice teachers in decision making | 第71-72页 |
| ·Implications for Teacher Education in China | 第72-74页 |
| ·Emphasis of some teaching skills | 第73页 |
| ·Collaboration between expert and novice teachers | 第73-74页 |
| ·Use of case studies | 第74页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study | 第74-75页 |
| ·Recommendations for future Studies | 第75-76页 |
| References | 第76-81页 |
| Appendix A Teachers' Beliefs Inventory -Approaches to EFL Instruction | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix B Extract from Field Notes for One Lesson | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix C Extract from Interviews for One Teacher | 第84-86页 |
| Publications | 第86页 |
