| Title Page | 第2-3页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| 1 The origin of the study | 第11-12页 |
| 2 The aim of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| 3 The structure of the thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-39页 |
| 1 What is a (good) teacher: An overview of teacher essence | 第15-30页 |
| 1.1 Confucius'views on teacher essence | 第15-27页 |
| 1.1.1 Relationship between teacher knowledge and teaching | 第16-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Relationship between teacher morality and teaching | 第19-25页 |
| 1.1.3 Relationship between teacher identity and teaching | 第25-27页 |
| 1.2 Other outlooks on teacher essence | 第27-30页 |
| 2 What makes a (good) teacher: Teacher preparation | 第30-37页 |
| 2.1 Carving the ox | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2 Three phases of teacher preparation | 第32-37页 |
| 2.2.1 Teacher training | 第32-34页 |
| 2.2.2 Teacher education | 第34-35页 |
| 2.2.3 Teacher development | 第35-37页 |
| 3 Summary of literature review | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Backgrounds | 第39-45页 |
| 1 Teacher identity | 第39-41页 |
| 2 Teachers'personal knowledge | 第41-43页 |
| 3 Teacher biography/autobiography | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第45-51页 |
| 1 Methods | 第45-48页 |
| 1.1 Case study | 第45-46页 |
| 1.2 Narrative inquiry—Autobiographical/biographical-narrative | 第46-48页 |
| 2 Participants | 第48-49页 |
| 3 Data collection | 第49-50页 |
| 4 Data analysis | 第50-51页 |
| Chapter Five Results of Narrative Inquiry | 第51-65页 |
| 1 Personal biography | 第52-56页 |
| 1.1 Family background | 第52-55页 |
| 1.2 Favorite teacher | 第55-56页 |
| 2 Professional biography | 第56-65页 |
| 2.1 Stories about Juan's teaching career—self-portrait | 第56-60页 |
| 2.2 Portraits in her colleagues' and students'eyes | 第60-65页 |
| Chapter Six Analysis and Discussion | 第65-81页 |
| 1 Essence of a good English teacher | 第65-74页 |
| 1.1 Teacher knowledge | 第65-67页 |
| 1.2 Teacher emotion and spirit | 第67-70页 |
| 1.2.1 Heart-to-heart emotive communication with students | 第67-69页 |
| 1.2.2 Soul-illuminating noble attributes | 第69-70页 |
| 1.3 Teacher commitment | 第70-72页 |
| 1.4 Integrity of teacher identity | 第72-74页 |
| 2 Teacher biography | 第74-78页 |
| 2.1 Family members' impact | 第74-76页 |
| 2.2 The teacher model's impact | 第76-78页 |
| 3 A dialogue of hearts between student and teacher in Juan's teaching | 第78-81页 |
| Chapter Seven Implications | 第81-86页 |
| 1 Nourishment of persons rather than technicians | 第81-82页 |
| 2 Promotion of teacher professional development | 第82-83页 |
| 3 Creation of healthy surroundings for the younger generation | 第83-86页 |
| Chapter Eight Conclusion | 第86-88页 |
| Bibliography | 第88-101页 |
| Appendices | 第101-119页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ Transcriptions of interviews with Miss Juan | 第101-106页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ Transcriptions of interviews with Miss Juan's students | 第106-109页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ Transcriptions of interview with Miss Juan's colleagues | 第109-111页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ Transcriptions of one of Miss Juan's classrooms | 第111-115页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ Miss Juan'smemoir (2005/11/1) | 第115-118页 |
| Appendix Ⅵ Published work | 第118-119页 |
