As a total newbie with 3 nights viewing and no knowledge of the night sky except for the southern cross, a goto mount is very handy(lazy? maybe). I think you will still learn the night sky with a goto setup. You still need to know what star you are tring to align to and if your mount is not accuratly aligned to the SCP you could be pointing anywhere at any star.
I find a star, look up its name in starry night then I can look up the name in the mounts controller and have the mount goto it and using starry night or what ever program you like.
So after 3 nights my knowledge base has increased, I can now tell you where Canopus, Rigel, Beatlejuice are.
I have even taught a mate a couple of thinks too.(Talk about the blind leading the blind)
Now pushing a dob around to where you want to point, thats lazy, try doing it manually on an GEM.
So in summary yes a goto is lazier than a push-to but I think you still learn maybe not as much as a push to but you still will learn at least untill you get it aligned nicley
