| Part One Introduction | 第1-18页 |
| 1．1 New Demands and Challenges on Language Teachers | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2 A Brief Review of AR as Teacher Professional Development | 第13-15页 |
| 1．3 Significance of This Study | 第15页 |
| 1．4 Structure of the Dissertation | 第15-18页 |
| Part Two Review of Literature | 第18-41页 |
| 2．1 Overview of Professional Development | 第18-27页 |
| 2．1．1 New Trends and Beliefs of Teacher Development | 第19-20页 |
| 2．1．2 Limitation of the Traditional Professional Development | 第20-21页 |
| 2．1．3 Teacher Training and Professional Development in China | 第21-27页 |
| 2．2 Action Research | 第27-38页 |
| 2．2．1 What is Action Research | 第27-28页 |
| 2．2．2 Issues Raised by AR | 第28-31页 |
| 2．2．3 A Comparison Between Two AR Models and Traditional Research Paradigm | 第31-33页 |
| 2．2．4 Characteristics and Nature of AR | 第33-38页 |
| 2．3 AR as Teacher Development | 第38-41页 |
| Part Three A Study on an AR Project at Guyuan Teachers College | 第41-75页 |
| 3．1 Background Information about This Project | 第41-44页 |
| 3．2 The AR Project | 第44-46页 |
| 3．3 Methods of Data Collection | 第46-50页 |
| 3．3．1 Interview | 第46-48页 |
| 3．3．2 Questionnaire | 第48-50页 |
| 3．3．3 Teacher's Journal and My Field Notes | 第50页 |
| 3．4 Process of Data Analysis | 第50-75页 |
| 3．4．1 Qualitative Analysis of the Data and Emerging Themes | 第51-61页 |
| 3．4．2 Quantitative Analysis of Teachers' Questionnaire on Teaching Beliefs | 第61-66页 |
| 3．4．3 Quantitative Analysis of Students' Questionnaire on the Effectiveness of AR | 第66-70页 |
| 3．4．4 Correlation Analysis Between Teacher's Teaching Experience and the Students' Evaluation on the Effectiveness of AR | 第70-75页 |
| Part Four An Independent Case Study on AR | 第75-97页 |
| 4．1 Background of This Project | 第75-76页 |
| 4．2 Process of This Project | 第76-85页 |
| 4．2．1 What did I Like to Improve and Why was I Concerned about It? | 第76-78页 |
| 4．2．2 How Could I Improve It? | 第78-83页 |
| 4．2．3 When Would I Know That It had Improved? | 第83-85页 |
| 4．3 Conclusion | 第85-90页 |
| 4．3．1 Significance to Language Teaching in Practice | 第86-88页 |
| 4．3．2 Contribution to Theory Building | 第88-90页 |
| 4．4 Reflections on the Tools for My Professional Development | 第90-92页 |
| 4．5 Reflections on AR Based on My Practice | 第92-97页 |
| Part Five New Curriculum and AR | 第97-108页 |
| 5．1 The Parallel Natures of AR and the New Curriculum | 第99-103页 |
| 5．1．1 A Theme of Humanism | 第99-100页 |
| 5．1．2 The Dynamic and Developmental Qualities | 第100-101页 |
| 5．1．3 Assessment and Evaluation | 第101-103页 |
| 5．2 AR and the New Curriculum - a Means to an End | 第103-105页 |
| 5．2．1 Updating Teachers Views on Language and Language Teaching | 第103页 |
| 5．2．2 Avoiding a Departure from the Original Intention of NC | 第103-104页 |
| 5．2．3 A Distinctive Role of AR | 第104-105页 |
| 5．3 New Curriculum Serving as Guidelines for AR | 第105-106页 |
| 5．4 External Climate for Promoting AR in China | 第106-108页 |
| Part Six Conclusion | 第108-116页 |
| 6．1 Contributions of Research Projects to the Field | 第108-111页 |
| 6．1．1 Concerning Implications of Their Findings to the Field | 第108-109页 |
| 6．1．2 Concerning Teachers' Professional Development | 第109-110页 |
| 6．1．3 A Pioneer AR Project in the Western Region | 第110-111页 |
| 6．2 Suggestions for Expansion of AR in China | 第111-115页 |
| 6．2．1 "Push from Above" | 第111-112页 |
| 6．2．2 Including AR in Teachers' Development Program | 第112-113页 |
| 6．2．3 Establishing an AR Network in China | 第113页 |
| 6．2．4 Equipping Teachers With the Skills of Data-collection and Data-analysis | 第113-115页 |
| 6．3 Conclusion | 第115-116页 |
| Bibliography | 第116-121页 |
| Appendix A | 第121-123页 |
| Appendix B | 第123-124页 |
| Appendix C | 第124-128页 |
| Appendix D | 第128-130页 |
| List of Figures and Tables | 第130页 |
