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From Physical Response to Visitor Engagement

Jim DePompei, Program Director
December 6, 2022 PodcastAquariumFeaturedFishJim DePompeiMuseumOceanographyScience MuseumTotal Physical Response

This week, I talk with Jim DePompei of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in Los Angeles. This storied facility was founded over 75 years ago, so generations of locals have experienced its tanks and displays. What most (including me) remember, though, is the grunion dance. Grunion in the sand Grunion! Back in the 1950s, one...

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Total Physical Response

Gestures Teach!
December 6, 2022 Approach Jargon ThursdayJargonJim DePompeiTotal Physical Response

On this week’s podcast, aquarist Jim DePompei describes a dance-like call and response technique they call the do-it-do-it at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Language educators have hit upon a similar strategy they call total physical response, but it needn’t be limited to the language classroom – I have used it teaching...

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