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This study examines positive pedagogy, the underlying ideas, and the position in today's school. The aim of the study was to describe positive pedagogy as a phenomenon and the related strength-based teaching and to find out what methods it involves. Positive pedagogy is a growing trend and its background theory is positive psychology. Positive pedagogy strives to promote well-being in the school context and considers the promotion of well-being as a school task alongside the teaching of traditional cognitive skills. The purpose of teaching is to find the strengths of each student and to develop and utilize them, and to focus on positive emotions and the challenges students may face. The research seeks to find answers to how positive pedagogy appears in the school and what its strenght-based teaching means. The research was conducted as a qualitative descriptive literature review. The source material was collected from different databases and the scientific articles and textbooks related to positive psychology and pedagogy were selected as the source material. The source material of the literature review was analyzed in accordance with content analysis and assembled into descriptive synthesis. In the teaching of positive pedagogy, it is important that the child participates and expresses himself. It is also essential in the teaching that the child is supported to observe and document his or her own life and that he has the opportunity to share and process his observations in interaction with others. Strength-based teaching utilizes virtues based on the division of Peterson and Seligman (2004). Research has shown that the use of positive pedagogy and strength-based teaching at school has been found to be of great benefit. Positive effects on well-being have been noticed as an improvement in self-esteem and self-worth and a more positive anticipation of the future. Effects have also been noticed in motivation, performance, achievement of goals, stress reduction and social relationships. Positive pedagogy is a current topic in Finland and many of its goals correspond to the objectives of the Basic Education Curriculum that came into force in 2016.