Learner Responsibility in Management Education , or Ventures into Forbidden

Formal educational systems in universities typically place responsibility for the student’s learning upon teachers. Teachers have the knowledge and their role is to motivate students to want that knowledge and then to provide it in a stimulating manner. The students’ role is to acquire knowledge and to change their attitudes and behavior in ways specified by the teacher. In effect, the traditional educational system removes the responsibility for change from the person who is expected to change.