Previous research in Greece (Dragonas et al. 1993,
1995; Lambidi and Polemi-Todoulou 1992; Mantziou
2000; Petrogiannis 2002; Petrogiannis and Melhuish 1996;
Tsiantis et al. 1997) has indicated that quality of care is
greatly attributed to the human factor. The human element
and its contribution to personal and collective differentiation
have been found to be of paramount importance while
the technical and infrastructure element have been found to
be secondary. Yet, despite the importance of the human
factor our research results indicate that early childhood
educators do not interact effectively with children, since
their interaction is mainly limited to instructions and does
not seem to have an educational orientation.