Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual intelligence and the effectiveness of educational ‎programs of Quranic schools of Esfahan province. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The ‎sample of this study consisted of 380 managers and teachers of Quranic schools of Esfahan. Regarding ‎validity,according to Moragan and Krejcie sampling table and using random sampling method, a number of 193 ‎participants were selected from Quranic schools. The instruments used in this study were Linda Hildebrant’s‎intelligence questionnaire (2011) and the effectiveness of educational programs questionnaire by Chow and Bowli‎‎(2007). The validity was confirmed by the panel of experts. Also, the Cronbach’s alpha was used to confirm the ‎reliability of this study for spiritual intelligence questionnaire (0.888) and the effectiveness of educational ‎programs (0.828). The data were analyzed using SPSS 19 and smart-pls. the results showed that there is a ‎significant relationship between artificial intelligence and the effectiveness of educational programs and all of the ‎variables, except getting inspired by the perspectives and holistic view with the effectiveness of educational ‎programs, had values higher than 1.96 and were confirmed at the significance level of 95%. The results of GOF ‎‎(0.759) showed strong and appropriate fitness. Finally, suggestions were proposed‎.