Isn't it amazing how responsibility changes depending on whom you ask. This article is about who is responsible for learning in the classroom. Is the teacher responsible for the learning in the classroom or is the student responsible for the learning? It was split down the middle when teachers were asked. Some teachers felt they were responsible for making sure their students were learning. Some teachers felt that students are responsible for their own learning.
Personally I think it is ... both. Teachers have some responsibility to make sure their students are learning. However, students have to want to learn and be willing to do so. If you have a student who is adamant that they don't want to learn, chances are they won't. That is unless you can find something to tie the learning to what interests them. Lets say you are an English teacher and your students need to write a paper. If you have a student who is interested in welding and you want him to write a good paper, you may want to have him write a paper about something to do with welding. If you ask him to write a paper about the Roman Empire, the paper will probably either not get done or will not be very good. I think it takes a little give and take on both sides.
Resource: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-commitment-depends-on-teachers-ben-johnson
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