Previously she worked as a teacher in the Netherlands, Namibia and Sweden, both at primary and secondary school. For more then fifteen years, she has worked in teacher education at Karlstad University, where she has been involved in teaching mathematics for future teachers at all levels. She has taught courses, developed curricular materials and worked with course development. Jorryt is the chairman and coordinator of SMEER; the centre for science, mathematics and engineering educational research. Furthermore, she is positioned in the faculty board for teacher education. Within the scope of her PhD-studies Jorryt conducted a Learning Study on a teacher training course. The interest of primary and secondary schools to implement a Learning Study has been great and Jorryt has supervised around 40 different Learning Studies.