"Opportunity cost" is always present when implementing different pedagogical models in curriculum or education. One thing we began talking about in class was that a lot of times the educator holds the majority power choosing what pedagogical models are used in a classroom or learning environment. It is for this reason that I believe as a future educator in my teacher education that educators should experience as many pedagogical models as possible even if they philosophically differ with the approach. By living in the model you are able to figure out where the deficits occur, and where and how the "opportunity costs" change between a banking model opposed to a praxis model or a student-centered environment compared to a teacher-centered environment.
And there is a big difference between a teacher-centered environment and a student-centered environment. We can agree that different environments come with different costs so it is up to us to choose what we can live with and what we can live without. Personally I am very interested in getting to know each individual child I work with on a personal level before we begin to begin our journey into modern education. I believe a nice mixture of different styles could work best if one can find that necessary balance.
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