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Acknowledgements
Chapter 1： Introduction
1.1 The origin of the study
1.2 The aims and rationale of this study
1.3 The structure of the thesis
Chapter 2： Literature Review
2.1 Nature of novice teachers' growth
2.1.1 The growth contours
2.1.2 Knowledge structure in the growth
2.1.3 Program scaffoldings for the growth
2.1.4 Support for growth
2.1.5 Mismatch during the growth
2.2 Growth assistance from learning communities
2.2.1 Origin of a learning community
2.2.2 Definitions of a learning community
2.2.3 The need for learning communities
2.2.4 Learning communities in teacher education
Chapter 3： Methodology
3.1 Participant
3.2 The method
3.3 Data collection and analysis
Chapter 4： Procedures of the Research
4.1 The context
4.2 Three stages of the research
Stage 1: Be together！
Stage 2: Tell stories of ourselves!
Stage 3: Understand what we are!
Chapter 5： Findings
5.1 Characteristic of the growth: puzzlement and struggle
5.1.1 The phase of transition
5.1.2 The phase of encountering reality
5.1.3 The phase of learning
5.2 Assistance from the community
5.2.1 Teaching reflection by action researches
5.2.2 Reflection to belief system by interaction
5.2.3 Personal growth
5.2.4 Professional growth
Chapter 6：Discussion
6.1 Conceptualizing the process of novices' growth
6.2 Six dilemmas of novices' growth
6.3 Bridge's model
Chapter 7： Conclusions
7.1 Summary
7.2 Implications
Implication 1: Teacher preparation
Implication 2: School context
Implication 3: Personality and action
7.3 Limitations
References
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