Abstract

This qualitative study addresses the distinctive characteristics of learning in social movements in terms of learning content, motivation, format, and outcomes. Based on the researcher’s constructivist stance on knowledge, social movement activists in a currently active local environmental organization, the Protect Elica Island (pseudonym, PEI), were interviewed. The study showed that PEI activists learned skills and knowledge about the movement, as well as suggestions for more successful organization activities. Participants reported learning about the nature of social movement participation from reflection, and the significance of their social movement activities in more passionate, self- directed, self-controlled, and self-rewarding ways than in schools or workplaces

Keywords: adult learning, social movements, qualitative research, environmental adult education

How to Cite:

Kim, J., (2011) “The Characteristics of Learning in Social Movements: A Pilot Study of an Environmental Organization”, Adult Education Research Conference 1(2011).