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The current study aimed at investigating the effects of enhancing prospective EFL teachers time management strategies on their teaching performance and instructional self-efficacy beliefs. The sample of the study included a cohort of 36 EFL student-teachers doing their teaching practice at Saudi intermediate schools. They were equally divided into an experimental group and a control one. The experimental group students participated in action research-based training in time management strategies while the : control group students did not receive such training. By the end of the experiment, both groups were post-evaluated for their teaching practices and instructional self-efficacy beliefs. Findings of the study indicated that prospective teachers who were trained in time management strategies outperformed their control peers in their teaching practices, i.e. they were more able to create learner-based classroom environments and enhance their students' leaning momentum. Likewise, they had a more positive sense of instructional self-efficacy reflected in stronger beliefs in their capabilities to use more effective instructional strategies, manage their classes in ways that maximize productive student learning and get students more engaged in the teaching/learning encounters. Recommendations for teacher education, curriculum development and teaching practicum are provided along with suggestions for further research
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