| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-4页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| CONTENTS | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·The Origin of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Aims and rationale for the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·The structure of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-26页 |
| ·Philosophy foundation | 第13-14页 |
| ·Understanding classroom life | 第14-20页 |
| ·Heidegger's understanding and lifeworld | 第15-16页 |
| ·Habermas's communicative action theory | 第16-18页 |
| ·Dewey's "education of life" and Tao Xingzhi's "life of education" | 第18-20页 |
| ·Life meanings and quality of life | 第20-22页 |
| ·Exploratory Practice in RICH curricular innovation | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter Three Methodology | 第26-33页 |
| ·Research questions | 第26页 |
| ·Research participants | 第26-27页 |
| ·Narrative inquiry | 第27-30页 |
| ·Data collection and description | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Results of Narrative Inquiry | 第33-46页 |
| Story 1:"I'm always sensitive to the topics concerning much about emotions" | 第33-35页 |
| Story 2:A group report connecting all students' families in class | 第35-39页 |
| Story 3:Learning by sharing | 第39-42页 |
| Story 4:Life experiences running-through the portfolio | 第42-46页 |
| Chapter Five Discussion | 第46-63页 |
| ·Revealing forms of life meanings in classroom in RICH | 第46-54页 |
| Form 1:Feeling life meanings:caring about others to respect mutually | 第47-49页 |
| Form 2:Realizing life meanings:interacting and dialogue to understand | 第49-51页 |
| Form 3:Outguessing life meanings:imagining freely and creating to develop together | 第51-53页 |
| Form 4:Reflecting life meanings:back to lifeworld and being-self | 第53-54页 |
| ·Life meanings embedded in the stories | 第54-63页 |
| ·Realization and openness of life consciousness | 第55-57页 |
| ·Connection and communication of individual life | 第57-59页 |
| ·Reflecting and transcending of life itself | 第59-63页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第63-67页 |
| References | 第67-75页 |
| Appendices | 第75-80页 |
| Appendix 1:The observation diary on Helen's class (part,21/10/2008) | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix 2 Presentation of the lesson held in November 30 | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix3 期末时,学生对话题报告一些相关问题的采访反馈 | 第79-80页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文 | 第80-81页 |
