ABSTRACT
Lifelong learning in social movements is the focus of this chapter. Despite the fact that movements are potentially dynamic forces for social change their educative potential is largely ignored. The profanity of movements is that they create new knowledge, challenge established values and ultimately pose choices that threaten established social and cultural practices. What movements seek to achieve and how they go about it are important for learning and, potentially, for educational engagement. This varies, however, with the nature of the movement and its capacity for cognitive and political praxis. Moreover, educational intervention can co-exist with commitment and partisanship but it needs to thrive in the context of openness and the ability to question and doubt.
