Gallup offers visionary education program

The Gallup organization has developed an educational program called StrengthsQuest to help identify and foster student's strengths versus shoring up their weaknesses. The program, and the accompanying book, provide resources for educators including seminars, curriculum outlines, guidebooks and Web forums.

Based on recent findings in the Clifton StrengthsFinder and Positive Psychology research, the program is part of a new wave of strengths based education and career counseling that includes Marcus Buckingham's recent books such as Now Discover Your Strengths.

The curriculum is currently in use at many schools including Texas Tech where survey information from 2007 and 2008 showed that most students agreed that the program was helpful in the following ways:

• making educational decisions based on strengths



• increasing confidence



• recognizing self-identity



• improving self-awareness



• using strengths in career search



• understanding personal strengths

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