Educational administration : Critical and moderate pitfalls and their negative impacts on school effectiveness - the case of the Salesian schools network in Peru

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the critical and moderate pitfalls in the educational administration system of the Salesian Schools Network in Peru and their impact on school effectiveness. Methodologically, this study moves through a nonexperimental, transversal, correlational design, which counted on the information obtained from students, teachers, school authorities, and official documents through the application of surveys, interviews, and content analysis. The investigation found that there are nine critical and four moderate pitfalls in the administration system of this organization, specifically in environmental factors, internal elements of the school system, and feedback mechanisms. It was determined that the negative impacts on the levels of school effectiveness were very high to high due to the said pitfalls.