| Acknowledgements | 第1-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-13页 |
| 摘要 | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第15-22页 |
| ·Research motivation | 第15-19页 |
| ·Ubiquity of metaphor | 第15-17页 |
| ·The importance of educational metaphor | 第17-19页 |
| ·Research questions and significance | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research questions | 第19页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第19-20页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Data sources | 第20页 |
| ·Methodology | 第20-21页 |
| ·Structure of the dissertation | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第22-36页 |
| ·Introduction | 第22页 |
| ·Evolution of metaphor studies | 第22-26页 |
| ·Research on educational metaphor | 第26-31页 |
| ·Metaphor and cultural cognition | 第31-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphor and Cultural Models | 第36-57页 |
| ·Introduction | 第36-37页 |
| ·Conceptual metaphor theory | 第37-41页 |
| ·Educational metaphor | 第41页 |
| ·Cognitive models and cultural models | 第41-46页 |
| ·Cognitive models | 第41-43页 |
| ·Cultural models | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Relation between cultural models and conceptual metaphor | 第46-52页 |
| ·Cross-cultural universality and variation of metaphors | 第52-56页 |
| ·Cross-cultural universality of metaphors | 第52-54页 |
| ·Cross-cultural variation of metaphors | 第54-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter 4 Metaphors for Educators | 第57-91页 |
| ·Introduction | 第57-58页 |
| ·Metaphors for educators in Chinese and English | 第58-77页 |
| ·Metaphors for educators in both Chinese and English | 第59-70页 |
| ·Chinese-specific Metaphors for educators | 第70-73页 |
| ·English-specific Metaphors for educators | 第73-77页 |
| ·Cognitive basis of metaphors for educators | 第77-82页 |
| ·Embodied experience and image schema | 第77-78页 |
| ·Experiential basis of metaphors for educators | 第78-82页 |
| ·Cultural cognitive explanations for metaphors for educators | 第82-89页 |
| ·Cognitive model for educators | 第83-84页 |
| ·Explanations for cultural variations of metaphors for educators | 第84-89页 |
| ·Summary | 第89-91页 |
| Chapter 5 Metaphors for Educatees | 第91-131页 |
| ·Introduction | 第91-92页 |
| ·Metaphors for educatees in Chinese and English | 第92-115页 |
| ·Metaphors for educatees in both Chinese and English | 第94-108页 |
| ·Chinese-specific metaphors for educatees | 第108-112页 |
| ·English-specific metaphors for educatees | 第112-115页 |
| ·Cognitive basis for metaphors for educatees | 第115-122页 |
| ·Cognition and embodiment | 第116-117页 |
| ·Experiential basis of metaphors for educatees | 第117-122页 |
| ·Cultural cognitive explanations for metaphors for educatees | 第122-129页 |
| ·Cognitive model for educatees | 第123-124页 |
| ·Explanations for cultural variations of metaphors for educatees | 第124-129页 |
| ·Summary | 第129-131页 |
| Chapter 6 Metaphors for Education | 第131-170页 |
| ·Introduction | 第131-133页 |
| ·Metaphors for teaching | 第133-144页 |
| ·Metaphors for teaching in both Chinese and English | 第134-140页 |
| ·Chinese-specific metaphors for teaching | 第140-141页 |
| ·English-specific metaphors for teaching | 第141-144页 |
| ·Metaphors for learning | 第144-159页 |
| ·Metaphors for learning in both Chinese and English | 第145-153页 |
| ·Chinese-specific metaphors for learning | 第153-156页 |
| ·English-specific metaphors for learning | 第156-159页 |
| ·Cognitive basis for metaphors for education | 第159-161页 |
| ·Cultural cognitive explanations for metaphors for education | 第161-167页 |
| ·Cognitive model for education | 第162-164页 |
| ·Explanations for cultural variations of metaphors for educatees | 第164-167页 |
| ·Summary | 第167-170页 |
| Chapter 7 Comparison between Educational Metaphor in Chinese and English | 第170-179页 |
| ·Introduction | 第170-171页 |
| ·Universal educational metaphors between Chinese and English | 第171-173页 |
| ·Educational metaphorical variations across Chinese and English | 第173-178页 |
| ·Variations in the range for educational metaphors | 第173-174页 |
| ·Variations in the particular elaborations for educational metaphors | 第174-176页 |
| ·Variations in perspective of highlighting for elements in education | 第176-178页 |
| ·Summary | 第178-179页 |
| Chapter 8 Conclusion | 第179-184页 |
| ·Major findings and implications | 第179-183页 |
| ·Limitations and future prospects | 第183-184页 |
| References | 第184-194页 |
