| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Note on Transcriptions | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·The Origin of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Aims and Rationale for This Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Structure of This Thesis | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-20页 |
| ·Understanding of affect | 第15-16页 |
| ·Two kinds of misunderstandings in affective dimension of education | 第16页 |
| ·Importance of affect in language learning | 第16-17页 |
| ·Some teaching methods taking affect into account | 第17-18页 |
| ·Curriculum design focusing great attention on affect | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Background | 第20-27页 |
| ·Phenomenological inquiry | 第20-21页 |
| ·Explanation-building and pattern-matching | 第21页 |
| ·Demotivation | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Affective Filter Hypothesis | 第23-24页 |
| ·Empathy | 第24页 |
| ·Care and caring teaching | 第24-26页 |
| ·Relationships between facial expressions and affect | 第26-27页 |
| Chapter Four Methodology | 第27-32页 |
| ·Setting | 第27-28页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第28-30页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Five Results of Data Analysis | 第32-53页 |
| ·The first type of data: lack of caring and negative classroom learning | 第32-37页 |
| ·The second type of data: caring and positive classroom learning | 第37-50页 |
| ·Caring teaching behaviors | 第40-47页 |
| ·The positive effects of caring teaching | 第47-50页 |
| ·The third type of data: the students' heartfelt wishes | 第50-51页 |
| ·The relationships between the three types of data | 第51-53页 |
| Chapter Six Discussion and Implications | 第53-63页 |
| ·Caring as exploratory practice | 第53-55页 |
| ·Implications on the caring teacher | 第55-58页 |
| ·Ethical caring and natural caring | 第56-58页 |
| ·Physical caring and mental/emotional caring | 第58页 |
| ·Caring teaching practice and teacher development | 第58-60页 |
| ·The humanistic education approach and students' personal development | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第63-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-69页 |
| Appendices | 第69-79页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ: Transcriptions of the talks | 第69-72页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ: Extracts of observation notes and my teaching journals | 第72-74页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ: Extracts of students' dairies | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第75-78页 |
| Appendix Ⅴ: Published Works | 第78-79页 |
