| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Background | 第10-16页 |
| ·The philosophical background of constructivism | 第10-12页 |
| ·Giambattista Vica and his New Science | 第10页 |
| ·Kant and his Copernican revolution | 第10-11页 |
| ·Dewey and his pragmatic idealism | 第11-12页 |
| ·The psychological origins of constructivism | 第12-16页 |
| ·Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development | 第12-13页 |
| ·Levis Vygotsky's social development theory | 第13-14页 |
| ·Jerome Bruner's cognitive theory | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Two Multi-facets of Constructivism | 第16-22页 |
| ·Criticism of behaviorism | 第16-18页 |
| ·Behaviorism | 第16页 |
| ·Constructivism based on the criticism of behaviorism | 第16-18页 |
| ·The development of cognitive theory | 第18-19页 |
| ·The main paradigms of constructivism | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter Three Constructivist Perspective on English Teaching | 第22-27页 |
| ·How do we learn language? | 第22-24页 |
| ·Behaviorist learning theory | 第22-23页 |
| ·Chomsky' transformation theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Constructivist learning theory | 第24页 |
| ·Construcitivist perspective on English teaching | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Four The Status Que of English Teaching and Learning in Middle Schools | 第27-34页 |
| ·Questionnaires on teaching and learning | 第27-28页 |
| ·Purpose | 第27页 |
| ·Sampling | 第27页 |
| ·Variables | 第27-28页 |
| ·Findings and analysis | 第28-34页 |
| ·The teacher's teaching method | 第28-32页 |
| ·The techer's theoretical knowledge | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Five Why We Use Constructivism in Our English Teaching | 第34-40页 |
| ·The compatibility between constructivism and quality-oriented education | 第34-35页 |
| ·Constructivism and the new National Curricula in Basic Education | 第35-40页 |
| ·The Curricula conform to the current situation of middle schools in China and cognitive characteristics of the students | 第36页 |
| ·The Curricula call for the constructivist perspective of learning | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Curricula call for the constructivist perspective of teaching | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Curricula call for the constructivist perspective of assessment | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Six Constructivist Teaching Model | 第40-49页 |
| ·Constructivist teaching model | 第40-41页 |
| ·Classroom illustration of constructivist teaching model | 第41-49页 |
| Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第50-51页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-56页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第56-57页 |
| 原创性声明 | 第57页 |
