我国大力提倡发展职业教育,给中等职业教育提出了一项根本的任务:全面提高学生的职业技能水平和就业能力,而基础教育是基础。在提高学生的职业技能和就业能力中,对学生应用意识和能力的培养是非常重要的。本文从职业学校数学教学应用意识和能力的培养的重要性、应遵循的原则和培养途径和方法等方面进行了阐说,为职业教育数学教学中培养学生应用意识和能力提供理论和实践的参考和借鉴。 China vigorously advocates the development of vocational education, which puts forward a fundamental task for secondary vocational education: to comprehensively improve students’ vocational skills and employability, while basic education is the foundation. In improving students’ occupational skills and employability, it is very important to train students to apply their awareness and ability. This article expounds the importance of the cultivation of the applied consciousness and ability of maths teaching in vocational schools, the principles to be followed and the ways and methods of cultivation so as to provide theoretical and practical reference for students’ application of consciousness and ability in maths teaching of vocational education And learn from.