On May 21-24, 2019, a team of scientists from Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University took part in trainings within the framework of the project “Modernization of Pedagogical Higher Education by Innovative Teaching Instruments” (MoPED) of the EU program Erasmus + KA2 – Development of Higher Education Capacity, No. 586098-EPP-1-2017-1-UA-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP on the basis of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, (UA). For four days, Polish colleagues-partners from the Stanislaw Staszic Mining and Metallurgical Academy lead trainings for Ukrainian researchers, where they presented their own experience and shared knowledge and skills on the formation of critical thinking and pedagogical design of courses.