Josh Watters (PhD student)
Thesis title: Cosmopolitan capital and global citizenship: British international schooling in post-colonial Southeast Asia
PhD Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport
Contact details
- Email: j.e.t.watters@sms.ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, IECS
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
I am completing a PhD alongside working as a Head of Music in a secondary school. I have been teaching in schools for nearly 15 years, during which time I have both taught music and worked in senior leadership.
My PhD research looks at British schooling in Southeast Asia (particularly Malaysia and Thailand). I am interested in the proliferation of British international schools - particularly in relation to the idea of cosmopolitan capital - and what this means in the case of a post-colonial region.
Alongside my PhD research, I also have a role as a research lead for an academy trust. I am interested in the application of aspects of my PhD research to music education and am conducting research which looks at engagement in music in schools by pupils of a Muslim heritage, including how colonial legacies may impact attitudes.
Qualifications
MA, UCL Institute of Education
PGCE, University of Cambridge
GRNCM, Royal Northern College of Music
MusB (Hons), University of Manchester
Responsibilities & affiliations
LSE Southeast Asia ECR Network
Research summary
- Cosmopolitanism
- Global Citizenship Education
- Social capital
- Legacies of colonialism
- International schooling