This study involved a class of serving teachers in their second year of a Bachelor of Education degree programme, in which one of the pre-requisite courses covered during first year was ‘Principles of Material Science (PMS). At the time of study, they were studying ‘Machine-shop Practice’ (MsP); a course based on the Design and Technology (DT for example, in the choice of materials for given projects aimed at solving specific problems and in the methods of working such materials. Now given this background, the problem was therefore to determine the extent to which students applied their knowledge of MS in solving selected problems under MsP. Data were gathered through interviews, discussions, observations and document analysis. Findings showed students being able to apply their knowledge of MS effectively during problem-solving under MsP; thereby, qualifying their learning as having been outcome-based in nature.

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学生将他们的材料科学知识应用于解决问题中：对津巴布韦大学基于能力的学习的启示

这项研究涉及在职教育学士学位课程第二年的一班在职教师，其中在第一年涵盖的前提课程之一是“材料科学原理（PMS）”。在学习时，他们正在学习“机械车间实践”（MsP）；基于设计和技术（例如，DT）的课程，旨在解决特定问题的特定项目的材料选择以及此类材料的工作方法。因此，在这种背景下，问题是确定学生将他们的MS知识用于解决MsP下的某些问题，通过访谈，讨论，观察和文档分析收集了数据，结果表明学生能够在MsP下解决问题的过程中有效地运用其MS知识；因此，