At the 141 university in instructed at, we experimented with a new "learner-centric" syllabus. Basically, you had modules that incorporated a number of different tasks, but the individual lesson plans were blank. The CFI was free to tailor each lesson to a particular student's needs, but the syllabus guided the instruction in the order the school and FAA wanted training to be completed. Although it took some learning and work to write lesson plans for each student, the freedom and guidance was worth it.