| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| 1.1 Background of the research | 第12-13页 |
| 1.2 Research significance | 第13-14页 |
| 1.3 Research purposes and research questions | 第14-15页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the dissertation | 第15-16页 |
| 2 Literature review | 第16-23页 |
| 2.1 Educational beliefs | 第16-19页 |
| 2.1.1 Definitions of educational beliefs | 第16页 |
| 2.1.2 Dimensions of English teachers' educational beliefs | 第16-17页 |
| 2.1.3 Characteristics of educational beliefs and attributing factors to theformation of educational beliefs | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 English teacher educators | 第19-21页 |
| 2.2.1 Definitions of teacher educators | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.2 Studies on foreign language teacher educators | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Summary of previous studies | 第21-23页 |
| 3 Research Design | 第23-29页 |
| 3.1 Research methodology | 第23-24页 |
| 3.2 Participant selection | 第24-25页 |
| 3.3 Data collection | 第25-27页 |
| 3.3.1 Interviews | 第26页 |
| 3.3.2 Observations | 第26-27页 |
| 3.3.3 Artefacts | 第27页 |
| 3.4 Data analysis | 第27-29页 |
| 4 Results and Discussion | 第29-50页 |
| 4.1 Results | 第29-45页 |
| 4.1.1 Overseas education experience in Britain let Linda understand thepurpose of English teacher education | 第29-30页 |
| 4.1.2 Professional training and important people inspired Linda to becomean English teacher educator | 第30-32页 |
| 4.1.3 Pursing perfection in work despite maladjustment problems | 第32-34页 |
| 4.1.4 Transformation from teacher-Centered classroom to student-centeredclassroom | 第34-35页 |
| 4.1.5 A Self-contemptuous little fatty became an elegant swan | 第35-36页 |
| 4.1.6 Linda's educational beliefs | 第36-38页 |
| 4.1.7 Formative process of Linda's educational beliefs and its attributingfactors | 第38-45页 |
| 4.2 Discussion | 第45-50页 |
| 4.2.1 Dynamic evolutionary process of the formation of English teachereducators' educational beliefs | 第45-47页 |
| 4.2.2 Critical experiences contributing to the formation of English teachereducators' educational beliefs | 第47-48页 |
| 4.2.3 Model of the formative process of English teacher educators'educational beliefs | 第48-50页 |
| 5 Conclusion and Implications | 第50-54页 |
| 5.1 Summary of findings | 第50-51页 |
| 5.2 Implications | 第51-52页 |
| 5.3 Limitations | 第52-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-59页 |
| Appendix One | 第59-60页 |
| Appendix Two | 第60页 |
