- Project Type: Professional Project with TOSEE ART EDUCATION
- Project Location: Dunhuang Academy(敦煌研究院), Dunhuang, Gansu, China
- My Role in the Team: Main Content Contributor
- Team Members: Keying Chen (Team Leader), Xiu Yao, Zijing Zhao, Ziyi Zhao, etc.
This was an art and history class project developed in collaboration with Dunhuang Academy based on the unique cultural resources of Mogao Grottos. This project was consisted of 10 class units and a 5-day discovery camp and was developed to improve the educational experiences of the young learners from age 6 to 18 who take the Mogao Class.
The 10 class units would each introduce a specific theme about the arts, culture, or history of Dunhuang from an important but easily accessible perspective, for example, music, books, plants, anecdotes, dressing, etc. Every class unit was mainly consisted of two parts: the first 30 minutes were devoted to knowledge construction through engaging dialogues between the teacher and the learners as well as through using specially designed booklets with interactive paper games and key information; the second part was an art or craft making workshop to encourage the learners to deepen their understanding of the specific aspect of Dunhuang through creative hands-on activities. Such activities included ancient paper-making, blue printing of collected leaves, coloring flying Apsaras (飞天) , ancient instrument making, traditional jewelry design, ancient book binding and mounting, etc.
The 5-day discovery camp would be combination of the class units and the spectacular field visits to related Mogao Grottos according to the themes. I was involved in the initial draft of the camp theme and schedule outline.
The project also involved a teacher training workshop which was delivered by the team leader and me to the core team members of Mogao Class.
SIYAO LYU 