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The concept of the third space is somewhat akin to communities of practice in that it involves both a space in which people interact in ways that foster academic engagement. The third space is a hybrid space, apart from the sometimes "angst-ridden" psychological first and second spaces that involve the home, family and friends, and school and academics. The third space is "less a space in which new knowledges are generated and more of a scaffold used to move students through zones of proximal development toward better honed academic or social knowledges" (Moje et al., 2004, p. 43).
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