Educators? Work Integrated into Learning Experiences: Stories from the Trenches

This edited volume explores the power of educators' work-integrated learning experiences as transformative narratives, transcending classroom boundaries. Through critical reflection and storytelling, teachers share their personal journeys across diverse cultural contexts, offering fine-grained descriptions of their growth and development.

Drawing on the belief that storytelling serves as a meeting ground for culture, cognition, and emotions, educators narrate their encounters and immerse readers in “glocal” realms. This book celebrates the immersion and excursion stories that shape educators' lived experiences and personal histories, illuminating how this knowledge can inspire highly impactful classroom practices for all students.

This volume is intended for in-service and pre-service educators, teacher educators, school administrators, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in Social Sciences and Humanities. Its primary goal is to delve into educators' stories as they engage in work integrated learning programs across diverse global-local contexts.

Iman C Chahine is Professor of Mathematics Education at UMASS Lowell and an appointed Extraordinary Professor at Self-Directed Learning Research unit in NWU, South Africa. She is the co-editor of the Journal of Mathematics & Culture, and the Treasurer of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm). She is Fulbright US Scholar in South Africa (2020 & 2022) and serves as the Director of Awards at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA).

Lalini Reddy is the Director in the Centre for Community Engagement and Work Integrated Learning at CPUT, South Africa. She spent 26 years as an academic in Biotechnology and Food Science at DUT and was appointed HOD of Biotechnology and Consumer Science. She was the coordinator of Curriculum Renewal and Development, Work-Integrated Learning, Community Service Learning, General Education, International Education, Program Quality Reviews and research during her tenure.