Start With the Syllabus: HELPing Learners Learn Through Class Content Collaboration

In this teaching reflection, the author discusses the benefits of incorporating learners’ input into classroom content design, starting with the syllabus, to invite a more democratic learning process. She suggests four guiding questions teachers can employ throughout their courses, working with learners to create a collaborative classroom culture and encouraging individual and group creativity, while connecting the course content and material to students’ multiple learning styles and everyday lives.