| Acknowledgements | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| 1.Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Background | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Research Significance | 第15-17页 |
| 1.3 Research Purposes | 第17页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Dissertation | 第17-19页 |
| 2.Literature Review | 第19-33页 |
| 2.1 Teachers' Professional Development | 第19-24页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of teachers' professional development | 第19-21页 |
| 2.1.2 The stages of teachers' professional development | 第21-22页 |
| 2.1.3 Studies on teachers' professional development | 第22-24页 |
| 2.1.3.1 Factors influencing teachers' professional development | 第22-23页 |
| 2.1.3.2 Approaches of teachers' professional development | 第23-24页 |
| 2.2 Studies on EFL Teachers' Professional Development | 第24-27页 |
| 2.2.1 Studies abroad | 第24-25页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies at home | 第25-27页 |
| 2.3 Teachers' Personal Practical Knowledge | 第27-30页 |
| 2.3.1 Definition | 第27-28页 |
| 2.3.2 Studies on teachers' personal practical knowledge | 第28-30页 |
| 2.4 Narrative Inquiry | 第30-31页 |
| 2.5 Summary of Previous Studies | 第31-33页 |
| 3.Theoretical Framework | 第33-37页 |
| 3.1 Huberman's Career Trajectory for Women | 第33-34页 |
| 3.2 Constructivism | 第34-35页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第35-37页 |
| 4.Research Design | 第37-45页 |
| 4.1 Research Questions | 第37页 |
| 4.2 Research Methodology | 第37-38页 |
| 4.3 Participant | 第38-39页 |
| 4.4 Data Collection | 第39-43页 |
| 4.4.1 Interviews | 第39-40页 |
| 4.4.2 Class observations | 第40-42页 |
| 4.4.3 Teaching journals | 第42-43页 |
| 4.5 Data Analysis | 第43-45页 |
| 5.Results and Discussion | 第45-62页 |
| 5.1 A Narrative Inquiry into Diane's Development of Personal Practical Knowledge | 第45-51页 |
| 5.1.1 Diane's grow-up stories | 第45-48页 |
| 5.1.2 Stories about Diane's teaching career | 第48-51页 |
| 5.2 Influential Factors and Developmental Approaches of Personal Practical Knowledge | 第51-62页 |
| 5.2.1 Period of career launching and initial commitment | 第51-55页 |
| 5.2.1.1 Favorable factors and their effects | 第51-54页 |
| 5.2.1.2 Unfavorable factors and their effects | 第54页 |
| 5.2.1.3 Developmental approaches | 第54-55页 |
| 5.2.2 Period of stabilizing and final commitment | 第55-58页 |
| 5.2.2.1 Favorable factors and their effects | 第55-57页 |
| 5.2.2.2 An unfavorable factor and its effects | 第57页 |
| 5.2.2.3 Developmental approaches | 第57-58页 |
| 5.2.3 Period of new challenges and new concerns | 第58-62页 |
| 5.2.3.1 Favorable factors and their effects | 第58-60页 |
| 5.2.3.2 An unfavorable factor and its effects | 第60页 |
| 5.2.3.3 Developmental approaches | 第60-62页 |
| 6.Conclusions and Implications | 第62-67页 |
| 6.1 Summary of Findings | 第62-63页 |
| 6.2 Implications | 第63-65页 |
| 6.3 Limitations | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-73页 |
| Appendix One | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix Two | 第75页 |
