However, due to its premises and the nature of its mission it constitutes an independent unit. The education is built up on the conception of the human being according to which human growth and activities supporting this, education, are perceived as a phenomenon of the entire lifespan. This is contemplated from the standpoint of the individual, the community and society.
Kindergarten teachers are professionals of early childhood and pre-school education.
Training for kindergarten teachers renders them competent for preschool education, education, counselling and teaching jobs and also for demanding tasks in management, development and planning. The education focuses particularly on the education and teaching of children below school age in different environments. Early childhood education is characteristically interdisciplinary. Apart from education, the training in early childhood education has connections particularly with the social sciences and the humanities, for instance in fields that study arts and communication. Research in the unit addresses both basic research and areas of applied research.