Week 2 Nature of Learning~!

This week, the OL lecture emphasized on learning again and I thought it’s quite impressive! For the learning at individual level, the operational level and conceptual level made me think of an interesting topic – make-up. Also, I would like to share my feelings of playing piano.

~Operational Level ~
I guess most of the girls are extremely interested in this topic and want to know the techniques of how to create a perfect make-up. However, do you really know some routine steps that are essential for a sweet make-up? I found a video in you-tube about teaching the girls some vital skills of make-up and the results was quite satisfied that the girl in the video was attractive after making-up. Let’s take a look to the video and you may grasp some knacks of make-up thus it will be more confident to make up yourself or make up for your girlfriend.

<--Such a beautiful Look !!!

~Conceptual Level~
Many people know that make up is such a lifelong learning because it’s very important to notice the changes of the world and do suitable modifications in order to adapt to the changes. I always respect the make up artists and I feel enthusiastic about the information of skincare and make-ups. A famous make up artist, Koo Siu Wai, he has lots of outstanding skills and sufficient experience, hence he knows well about how to mix and match various colors to make the face more stereoscopic and why those colors to use so as to achieve a pleasant impression. In his blog, he often shares some of his opinions, like the trends of make-up etc. As Valentine’s Day is coming soon, another popular make up artist, Janae Chan, shares her comments of some tips in her blog. For example, if your skin color is relatively white, you are better to use baby pink color. Why? It’s because it can promote a glittery and lovely appearance.
Koo Siu Wai’s Blog:

http://www.beautyexchange.com.hk/b2/blogs/index.php?blog=8
Janae Chan’s blog:

http://www.beautyexchange.com.hk/b2/blogs/index.php?blog=9

Cognitive domain in Bloom’s taxonomy:
The cognitive domain is what I have learnt in my previous KM lessons. It’s similar to my learning of piano. For example, when I want to practice a new song for my examination, firstly, I need to recall the meanings of some vocabularies of music, like Sharp means loud etc. (Knowledge)

Then I need to describe several steps of playing piano, like understanding how to play each tone before comprehending the characteristic of the song. (Comprehension)

Thirdly, I need to illustrate some past papers of piano to forecast the trends of the following examinations. (Application)

Moreover, it’s necessary to analyze the style and emotion of a song, like which part of the song need to play more smoothly to let others feel the song is romatic. (Analysis)

Then I need to combine some advices in the manual with my own feelings to create a unique performance of a song. (Synthesis)

I understand the reasons and I can judge why this speed is more suitable to apply in this song rather than the others. (Evaluation)

According to a video in you-tube, Jay Chow taught some children the ways to play the piano more effectively. He expressed that it's special to put more own emotions into the song and elaborate naturally by your own style. In my opinion, he is an expert of playing piano as he not only has a wide variety of knowledge of piano, he also has a great ability and skills to analyse and evaluate others' performance. That's the goals I need to keep on learning !

<-- Eminent Piano Player !