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third space2 CONSTRUCTSThird spaceGUTIÉRREZ · LITERACY EDUCATIONThird spaceBHABHA · POSTCOLONIAL THEORY

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Literacy education

a learning space where students' home knowledge and school knowledge meet to produce new, critical forms of literacy.

In literacy education, third space refers to a learning space where students' home knowledge and school knowledge meet to produce new, critical forms of literacy. This meaning comes from Gutiérrez (2008) in Reading Research Quarterly.[1]

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Postcolonial theory

Bhabha's in-between space of cultural enunciation, where meanings are negotiated and hybrid identities emerge.

In postcolonial theory, third space refers to Bhabha's in-between space of cultural enunciation, where meanings are negotiated and hybrid identities emerge. This meaning comes from Bhabha (1994) in The location of culture.[2]

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References

  1. Gutiérrez, K. D. (2008). Developing a Sociocritical Literacy in the Third Space. Reading Research Quarterly, 43(2), 148-164. https://doi.org/10.1598/rrq.43.2.3
  2. Bhabha, H. K. (1994). The location of culture. Routledge. ISBN 9780415016353

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