I have just finished reading a book by one of my colleagues Karen Jones called Deceptive Encounters which supports the National curriculum for Science at stages 2 and 3. Its a classic example of accelerated learning in action in that it takes the learning content and embeds it in a forensic science story.
A story draws on the imagination which is a right brain activity. When you combine a right brain activity with the information that needs to be learnt which is usually the domain of the left brain, you have a whole brain approach to learning which is why it is called accelerated learning.
It simply makes it easier on the brain when you use your whole brain for learning.
Some of the concepts in the book that get embedded in the story are toxicological analysis, DNA profiling, chromatographic analysis, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, hair shaft samples, and thumbprint recognition.
This makes learning forensic science much more fun and interesting and therefore easier to learn. For all fans of forensic science the Crime Scene Investigation dramas on TV are a great learning tool as well as they combine facts and embed it in a fictional drama. In the dramas you get what I call running commentary on specific scientific facts whilst working out who the perpetrator is.
Karen's book was fun to read and I wanted to read more. Can you imagine if you could say this of all learning? This would make a great present and makes for entertaining reading. You can get the book at Amazon. Just click on the picture below to take you straight there.
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