Teaching is not an activity that necessarily causes learning. Nor is learning always the result of having been taught by someone or something. So, what is teaching-and more specifically-what is good teaching? Philogia Prima draws on her experiences as a teacher to answer those questions-while also sharing her observations about academics as the only Jew in a Catholic high school. She explains that teaching is not always a means of communicating knowledge about something or someone external to either teacher or students. But having the confidence to function as a teacher should be the product of a teacher's knowledge and belief-call it faith-in the value of whatever is being taught. If a teacher is neither knowledgeable nor aware of what is lacking, confidence is not there, and students can sense its absence. Moreover, if a teacher never says, "I don't know," he or she is doing students a disservice. Students need to be reminded that learning is a process that sometimes emanates from, but just as often, includes the teacher. Whether you're a parent, teacher, administrator or someone else trying to help students learn, you'll find valuable insights in More Things in Heaven and Earth.

Philogia Prima is the only Jew in a Catholic high school. As such, her experiences and observations are unique. Philogia currently lives in Salem, Massachusetts.