This study examined the mediating roles of prospective teachers’ boredom coping strategies in the relationships between their perceptions of instrumentality and four aspects of engagement. The results demonstrated that perceived instrumentality, boredom coping strategies with the exception of cognitive-avoidance orientation, and four aspects of engagement were significantly related to each other.
The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of prospective English teachers’ future time perspectives in relation to their motivations for teaching, beliefs about the profession, career choice satisfaction, and professional plans.