The article is devoted to the development of intellectual skills of future primary school teachers in Kazakhstan. The main purpose of this study was to determine the impact of special education on the intellectual level of students, including creative, reproductive and critical thinking skills. Students of the Department of pedagogy attended the…

Describes an Australian teacher education program in educational psychology that promoted preservice teachers' intellectual functioning in terms of developing critical and reflective judgment; tolerance of doubt, ambiguity, and complexity; and awareness of self-agency. Data from questionnaires, interviews, and measures of intellectual development…