Design and Validation of the Educational Model Based on God’s Love from the Perspective of Quran

Aims In recent decades, more attention has been paid to present the model of educational goals in educational works. The aim of the present study was the design and validation of the educational model based on God’s love from the perspective of Quran.
Participants & Methods The present qualitative research was conducted in Tehran in 2018 based on documentary and grounded method. The research population consisted of all relevant sources and documents related to the subject and all religious education experts in Tehran. The
samples were selected in the document review section, using purposive and available sampling and in the phenomenology and validation section of the model with a targeted snowball sampling method (6 people to saturation data). The data gathering tool was note taking and
semi-structured interview. The coding tools and interpretive analysis were also used. Delphi technique was used to validate the model. One sample t test and SPSS 24 software were used to analyze the data.
Findings The designed model had 23 conceptual codes that included 6 main fields, consisting the meanings and concepts of the love and the lover, the basics (epistemology, ontology, anthropology, and value-ology), educational goals, principles of education, educational methods,
and important educational steps based on God’s love from the perspective of Quran.
Conclusion The designed model has 23 conceptual codes that are categorized in 6 main fields. These dimensions have a direct impact on each other and are multifaceted. All dimensions and components were considered valid by the experts in the evaluations and the research model is
highly validated by experts with confidence interval 99%.