《机械设计基础》是高职院校机械类专业一门综合性和实践性都很强的课程。通过分析《机械设计基础》课程特点、教学及学生状况,提出采用以项目导向来重组教学内容,加强实践教学;突出学生学习主体作用,加强典型项目的应用训练;充分利用现代教学手段,提高学生的学习兴趣。 “Mechanical Design Basics” is a comprehensive and practical mechanical engineering courses in vocational colleges. By analyzing the characteristics of “mechanical design basis” course, the status of teaching and students, this paper proposes to use project orientation to reorganize the teaching contents and strengthen the practice teaching; to highlight the main role of students in learning and to strengthen the training of typical projects; to make full use of modern teaching methods to improve students’ Interest in learning.