Siyao Lyu is an educator and researcher now based in New York, U.S. Siyao’s education practices and research focus on the complexities of community-based learning spaces, such as museums. Specifically, she is interested in the potential of civic education in community settings through arts-based approaches for marginalized people. She sees an urgent need for identity exploration, critical consciousness, and civic development for people in the post-pandemic generation. Through her research and practice, Siyao aims to address educational inequality, challenge mainstream educational discourses, and promote the overall well-being of the general public. Her doctoral dissertation topic explores teaching Asian/American civics through the arts in museums to confront anti-Asian racism.
吕思瑶，教育者和研究者，目前工作生活于美国纽约。她的研究与实践关注社区中的学习空间（比如博物馆）以及公众在这些社区空间中的学习体验。她尤其关注在社区空间中，如何通过艺术化的手段，为“边缘”人群提供公民教育的机会。她认为，在后疫情时代，人们的健康成长离不开对于自身身份的探索与建构、辩证思考能力的培养以及公民意识和公共参与行动的提升。她希望通过自己的教育研究与实践，动摇教育不公的现状，挑战主流的教育叙事，推动公众的全人发展。
Siyao Lyu is currently an Ed.D. student at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also a museum educator at the Museum of Chinese in America, NYC, and a TC/Whitney Fellow at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Siyao holds an Ed.M. in Arts in Education from Harvard University (2019) and an M.A. in International and Comparative Education from Columbia University (2018). She studied Chinese Literature and Art History at Peking University from 2012 to 2016, obtaining dual Bachelor’s Degrees. Siyao was previously associated with Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Museums of Natural History, the Children’s Museum of the Arts in New York, and the Today Art Museum in Beijing. Siyao was also involved in the development of museum education projects for several museums in China, including Nanjing Museum, Dunhuang Academy, Suzhou Museum, the Palace Museum, etc. She was the editor for Children/Museum/Education, an academic journal issued by the Children’s Museum Research Center, Beijing Normal University, from 2022 to 2024. Her works are published on Journal of Museum Education, Children/Museum/Education, etc.
吕思瑶目前是美国哥伦比亚大学教育学院的博士三年级学生。她同时在运营一档教育类播客栏目“不学有术”，并担任北京师范大学教育学部中国儿童博物馆教育研究中心研究员和美国华人博物馆教育员。思瑶于2019年获得哈佛大学艺术教育硕士，于2018年获得哥伦比亚大学国际比较教育硕士。她于2012至2016年就读于北京大学，学习中国语言文学及艺术史，并获得双学士学位。她曾于多所美术馆及博物馆机构从事公共教育及教育策展工作，包括哈佛艺术博物馆，哈佛自然历史博物馆，纽约儿童艺术博物馆，北京今日美术馆。也曾主导或参与研发执行与多所美术馆及博物馆机构合作的艺术文化教育项目，合作机构包括南京博物院，敦煌研究院，苏州博物馆等。思瑶曾于2022至2024年担任北京师范大学教育学部中国儿童博物馆教育研究中心学术内刊《儿童·博物馆·教育》编辑，负责12期内刊的征稿、审稿、编辑、评议人辅助及校对辅助工作。
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第十七期下篇：无为而治-儿童逛博物馆的精髓，2023年4月，播客@家庭教育圆桌谈
第十七期上篇 听儿童博物馆策展人 聊博物馆，2023年4月，播客@家庭教育圆桌谈
哥大博士生吕思瑶：付出总会有回报，2022年11月，微信公众号@EdforGrowth
足迹｜吕思瑶：尽情、尽心、尽力，2022年7月，微信公众号@元培学学学
SIYAO LYU 