Chapter One General Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 The Origin of the Research 3
1.3 Research Background 6
1.4 Aims and Rationale for the Research 17
1.5 The Structure of the Book 20
Chapter Two Literature Review 22
2.1 Introduction 22
2.2 Definitions of Terms 23
2.3 Novice Teacher's Growth and Development 26
2.4 Teacher Beliefs 29
2.5 Teacher Autonomy for Professional Development 33
2.6 Reflective Practice and Inquiry 37
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of Teacher's Autonomous Reflective Inquiry 47
3.1 Self-determination Theory 48
3.2 Humanistic Psychology 51
3.3 Constructivist Theory 61
Chapter Four Methodology 67
4.1 The Research Design and the Procedure of the Research 67
4.2 Methods 70
4.3 The Role of"I" 75
4.4 Participants 76
4.5 Data Collection 78
4.6 Data Analysis 83
Chapter Five The Results of Narrative Inquiry 85
5.1 On the Way to Initial Adaptability 86
5.2 Linda's Growth Experiences 91
5.3 Manifold Voices 105
5.4 Linda's Growth Experience from Survival Stage to Mastery Stage to Impact Stage 110
5.5 Linda's Exploration on Student's Autonomy in Foreign Language Learning 116
5.6 Linda's Story:The exploratory practice on foreign language teaching 125
5.7 Reflection on Action:The dialogue on educational values 137
Chapter Six Research Findings and Discussions 142
6.1 Internal Factors 143
6.2 External Factors 159
6.3 Reflective Inquiry:An available way of novice teacher's growth 165
Chapter Seven Conclusion 169
7.1 Introduction 169
7.2 Implications 169
7.3 Limitations 172
7.4 Suggestions for Further Research 174
Bibliography 178
Appendices 191
Appendix Ⅰ:Learner Diary Record 191
Appendix Ⅱ:Student's e-mail to Linda 192
Appendix Ⅲ:Comments on Linda from a student 193
Appendix Ⅳ:Reflective summary,written by Linda as the author's requirement 194
Appendix Ⅴ:Investigation form on environmental protection 196
Appendix Ⅵ:Students' responses to Linda's teaching 197
Appendix Ⅶ:Linda's narration on English teaching mode and innovation in high school(Partly extracted) 198
Appendix Ⅷ:Linda's narration on autonomous curriculum(Partly extracted) 199
Appendix Ⅸ:Linda's narration on English teaching in high school(Partly extracted) 200
Appendix Ⅹ:Extracted data derived from interview with some students and Mr.Zhu 201
Appendix Ⅺ:Extracted data derived from interview with Linda and her e-mail 202
Appendix Ⅻ:The diaologue on educational values between the researcher and Linda(Partly extracted) 205