Abstract: Modern apprenticeships are currently the focus of research in the field of vocational education, and an important measure to accelerate the development of the mission of modern vocational education, has a profound meaning. The implementation of modern apprenticeship in higher vocational colleges should explore a specific model in light of its own reality. This paper focuses on the reform of teaching mode of practical courses in higher vocational colleges, taking engineering survey course as an example, this paper probes into the construction ideas and methods of the practical curriculum teaching mode which meets the requirements of modern apprenticeship system from three aspects of curriculum reform, teaching staff, and cooperation between schools and enterprises, combined with the reality of our school, it puts forward some concrete implementation methods, such as the establishment of workshops, project-based situational teaching, curriculum assessment and so on.

Key words: Modern apprenticeship, Practical course, Teaching Mode, "Engineering survey"