G W Turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 649759 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G W Turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | G W |
| FAMILY NAME | Turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER G W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Sydney University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2314-1239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1799 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Embracing Queer Temporality in Academic Social Work
Current sociopolitical conditions of American higher education introduce profound demands on the time, energy, and attention of all educators. Scholars in fields with ethical commitments to justice, equity, and diversity, including social work and gender and sexuality studies, are especially affected, with those at the intersection of these fields multiplicatively impacted. This commentary draws upon queer temporality literature to reimagine how …
Let’s talk about sexuality podcasting in social work education: A deeply personal pedagogical approach to explore the deeply personal
Social work, a practice-based profession focused on social justice, is increasingly recognizing sexual wellbeing/health as a practice area that students need to build competence. Yet there remains a paucity of opportunities to do this effectively, ways that are brave, not merely safe, for the student-learner, as well as for the social work educator. To address this need, the authors designed and produced a podcast episode called, 'Episode 13 – Se…
A social work field education placement in sexual wellness: Proposed key competencies
This paper reports on core competencies needed by social work students to work in sexual health settings (e.g. physical/reproductive aspects) and/or sexuality wellness, broader aspects inclusive of emotional, mental, relational, sexual justice, pleasure, and overall satisfaction. Whilst social work sexuality-focused placements provide opportunities for students to become familiar with sexuality issues, we argue that, prior to placement, students …
Expanding Social Work Field Education: Illuminating a Sexual Wellness Practicum Site Through Collaborative Auto-Ethnography
Social work field education is strained often resulting in a shortage of quality sites; thus, demanding innovative approaches to securing practicum placements for social work students. Additionally, sexual health is rarely grounded in most social work curricula. A sexual health field education practicum placement provides an approach to address this chasm in social work pedagogy in an effort to create sexually literate social workers, and in turn…
A qualitative exploration of nursing and social work university students’ experiences of sexual and reproductive health and rights education in Australia and Hong Kong
Nursing and social work professionals often exhibit avoidance or a lack of competence in delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) care to service users. When such care is provided, it tends to be heteronormative and deficit focus. Thus, understanding how university education prepares professionals in the field is essential. This study is the first to qualitatively explore SRHR attitudes, learning experiences and educational nee…
Positioning sexual justice within social work teaching on human rights: Countering contemporary sexuality oppression
Access to sexual health, sexuality information, sexual expression and sexual pleasure is a human right. Yet, the sexual health and wellness landscape has become a battlefield. Recently large-scale sex-negative campaigns preceded the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The use of the word ‘gay’ was restricted in public schools along with efforts to ban drag queen story time. Further reports of increased violence against people who id…
They Were the Best and the Worst of Times: Reflections Illuminate Emerging Adults’ Sexual Experiences
Introduction Human sexuality courses are offered at most universities. Students often bring a breadth of experiences and a need for emotional processing of these narratives into these courses as it relates to course content. The purpose of this study was to expand research exploring emerging adults’ sexuality narratives to be inclusive of positive stories. Methods Guided by a semi-structured questionnaire, 113 students from two USA universities r…
Teaching Social Work Practice Skills: A Collaborative Autoethnography Identifying Key Practice Skills and Modes of Delivery in the Art of Social Work Practice
Social work students must advance their social work skills gaining practice competencies. And, whilst practice learning takes place in field education placements, social work students often also enrol in a dedicated unit/ course whereby the teaching of practice skills is facilitated in class. A practice skills class is another learning space to imbue practice wisdom. Adjunct teaching staff are often employed on short-term university contracts to …
Social Work Curriculum: Preparation for Sexuality and Sexual Well-being Practice
Social work—an anti-oppressive, practice-based profession focused on social justice—supports people’s access to and ability to create healthy lives. Therefore, social workers should not only understand and value a service user’s sexuality, but also be able to competently navigate this area of practice. This mixed method study explored the role of social work education in preparing social workers for practice in sexual health settings. Forty-one A…
Mentoring social work adjunct educators: A collaborative autoethnography provides a blueprint for support
Sessional academics are often employed on a part-time, contract basis as casual (e.g. adjunct) teaching staff. Internationally, universities benefit from the expertise and experience of these educational team members. However, there is a lack of research in the literature identifying how to support them. This article attempts to bridge this gap by presenting the mentoring (e.g. faculty development) experiences of three social work educators. Draw…
Sexual Well-Being Informed Social Work Practice: Harnessing the Power of Reflection and a Hallmark Experiential Sexuality Education Activity
Moving human sexuality beyond a specialty focus and establishing a sexuality discourse within social work’s foundation may be challenging. Group process and reflection, hallmarks of social work, may be a way to integrate this sometimes overlooked and often taboo conversation into social work coursework. Undergrad students from two Mid-western universities reflected on the usefulness of an established experiential sex education activity . Qualitat…
A Psychotherapy Private Practice Social Work Practicum: Expanding Our Boundaries of Field Education Placement
Many social workers go into private practice, providing crucial mental health services; however, there is a dearth in the scholarship outlining the social work student training for these career options. It may be argued that social work students receive little or no clinical training on how to run a private practice providing psychotherapy services. To mend this pedagogical shortcoming, a private practice field education placement is a legitimate…
How the Bologna process has affected the German university system
In June 1999, 31 European states jointly signed a declaration in Bologna titled The European Higher Education Area. Hereby, they pledged to create comparable degrees in Europe until the year 2010
Factors limiting SGM youths’ involvement in nonmetropolitan SGM community organizations
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youths face risks due to growing up with stigmatized identities. SGM organizations minimize these risks by reducing isolation, promoting positive identity development, and providing access to supportive resources. However, nonmetropolitan SGM youths may have high risks with low access to SGM organizations. Little research has been conducted on nonmetropolitan SGM organizations. This study utilized in-depth intervi…
Sexual Justice Is Social Justice: An Activity to Expand Social Work Students Understanding of Sexual Rights and Injustices
Social work education could benefit from an explicit educational framework that combines social justice and sexuality: sexual justice. However, there is a paucity of literature in social work discussing this critical issue. This article helps equip social workers to challenge social injustice through a lens of sexuality and builds a conceptual framework by examining sexual justice through pillars of social work: human dignity, community and solid…
Between the Academy and Queerness: Microaggressions in Social Work Education
Three social work scholars explore their experiences of microaggressions in academia using queer theory as a lens to disrupt, deconstruct, and disorder the dominant heteronormative discourse. Qualitative analysis of autoethnography narratives resulted in seven themes describing experiences of microaggressions in social work education. Themes illuminated were as follows: (1) queer isolation, (2) throwing shade, (3) queer insult, (4) biphobia: not …
Pleasure is paramount: Adults with intellectual disabilities discuss sensuality and intimacy
The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to explore how adults with mild intellectual disabilities (ID) live out their social-sexual lives. Findings revealed the importance of both physical and emotional pleasure to five adults with ID. Research and educational efforts with this population have focused largely on reproduction and abuse prevention, emphasizing safety over the possibilities of human connectedness. Data sources includ…
Sexually Silenced No More, Adults with Learning Disabilities Speak Up: A Call to Action for Social Work to Frame Sexual Voice as a Social Justice Issue
This qualitative study provides insight into the personal experiences and perceptions of adults with learning difficulties regarding their social-sexual lives. Case studies of five adults with learning difficulties based on two in-depth interviews and a home observation revealed five key elements needed to have a sexual voice: sexual self-advocacy, sexuality education, sexual script, sexual vocabulary and sexual-relational support. Social workers…
Hochschule zwischen Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit: Zur Geschichte der Hochschulreform im letzten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts
Kaum ein Politikbereich hat in den letzten drei Dekaden so viele wiederkehrende, unfruchtbare Kontroversen ausgelöst wie die Hochschulpolitik. Bis heute existiert noch keine zusammenhängende Darstellung der Geschichte der deutschen Hochschulpolitik über diesen Zeitraum.Im ersten Teil skizziert George Turner, ausgewiesener Kenner der Hochschullandschaft, die Entwicklung des Hochschulwesens vom Ende der fünfziger Jahre bis in die Gegenwart. Anschli…
Extent and environmental significance of vegetation clearance in the Nymagee‐Cargelligo area, western New South Wales
There has been considerable recent concern over the amount of vegetation clearance and associated environmental degradation risk in the Western Division of New South Wales. An integrated remote sensing/GIS approach was used to provide information required to address this issue. The extent and nature of recent vegetation clearance was quantified to give a basic indication of the prevailing land condition in a study area in the central‐eastern port…
Australian English as a World Language
Antipodean Speech
A landscape known as home: The three phases of Australian English
Stylistics
The Grammar of Newspaper Headlines Containing the Preposition on in the Sense ‘About’
Sexual Justice Is Social Justice: An Activity to Expand Social Work Students Understanding of Sexual Rights and Injustices
Social work education could benefit from an explicit educational framework that combines social justice and sexuality: sexual justice. However, there is a paucity of literature in social work discussing this critical issue. This article helps equip social workers to challenge social injustice through a lens of sexuality and builds a conceptual framework by examining sexual justice through pillars of social work: human dignity, community and solid…
Samuel McBurney’s Newspaper Article on Colonial Pronunciation
Sexually Silenced No More, Adults with Learning Disabilities Speak Up: A Call to Action for Social Work to Frame Sexual Voice as a Social Justice Issue
This qualitative study provides insight into the personal experiences and perceptions of adults with learning difficulties regarding their social-sexual lives. Case studies of five adults with learning difficulties based on two in-depth interviews and a home observation revealed five key elements needed to have a sexual voice: sexual self-advocacy, sexuality education, sexual script, sexual vocabulary and sexual-relational support. Social workers…
How the Bologna process has affected the German university system
In June 1999, 31 European states jointly signed a declaration in Bologna titled The European Higher Education Area. Hereby, they pledged to create comparable degrees in Europe until the year 2010
Between the Academy and Queerness: Microaggressions in Social Work Education
Three social work scholars explore their experiences of microaggressions in academia using queer theory as a lens to disrupt, deconstruct, and disorder the dominant heteronormative discourse. Qualitative analysis of autoethnography narratives resulted in seven themes describing experiences of microaggressions in social work education. Themes illuminated were as follows: (1) queer isolation, (2) throwing shade, (3) queer insult, (4) biphobia: not …
On the Origin of Australian Vowel Sounds
Teaching Social Work Practice Skills: A Collaborative Autoethnography Identifying Key Practice Skills and Modes of Delivery in the Art of Social Work Practice
Social work students must advance their social work skills gaining practice competencies. And, whilst practice learning takes place in field education placements, social work students often also enrol in a dedicated unit/ course whereby the teaching of practice skills is facilitated in class. A practice skills class is another learning space to imbue practice wisdom. Adjunct teaching staff are often employed on short-term university contracts to …
Social Work Curriculum: Preparation for Sexuality and Sexual Well-being Practice
Social work—an anti-oppressive, practice-based profession focused on social justice—supports people’s access to and ability to create healthy lives. Therefore, social workers should not only understand and value a service user’s sexuality, but also be able to competently navigate this area of practice. This mixed method study explored the role of social work education in preparing social workers for practice in sexual health settings. Forty-one A…
Sexual Well-Being Informed Social Work Practice: Harnessing the Power of Reflection and a Hallmark Experiential Sexuality Education Activity
Moving human sexuality beyond a specialty focus and establishing a sexuality discourse within social work’s foundation may be challenging. Group process and reflection, hallmarks of social work, may be a way to integrate this sometimes overlooked and often taboo conversation into social work coursework. Undergrad students from two Mid-western universities reflected on the usefulness of an established experiential sex education activity . Qualitat…
A Psychotherapy Private Practice Social Work Practicum: Expanding Our Boundaries of Field Education Placement
Many social workers go into private practice, providing crucial mental health services; however, there is a dearth in the scholarship outlining the social work student training for these career options. It may be argued that social work students receive little or no clinical training on how to run a private practice providing psychotherapy services. To mend this pedagogical shortcoming, a private practice field education placement is a legitimate…
Factors limiting SGM youths’ involvement in nonmetropolitan SGM community organizations
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youths face risks due to growing up with stigmatized identities. SGM organizations minimize these risks by reducing isolation, promoting positive identity development, and providing access to supportive resources. However, nonmetropolitan SGM youths may have high risks with low access to SGM organizations. Little research has been conducted on nonmetropolitan SGM organizations. This study utilized in-depth intervi…
A landscape known as home: The three phases of Australian English
Memoir on the Extraneous Fossils, Denominated Mammoth Bones: Principally Designed to Shew, That They Are the Remains of More than One Species of Non-Descript Animal
On the Origin of Australian Vowel Sounds
The Passive Construction in English Scientific Writing
(1962). THE PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC WRITING. Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 181-197
Samuel McBurney’s Newspaper Article on Colonial Pronunciation
The Grammar of Newspaper Headlines Containing the Preposition on in the Sense ‘About’
Stylistics
A landscape known as home: The three phases of Australian English
Antipodean Speech
Australian English as a World Language
Extent and environmental significance of vegetation clearance in the Nymagee‐Cargelligo area, western New South Wales
There has been considerable recent concern over the amount of vegetation clearance and associated environmental degradation risk in the Western Division of New South Wales. An integrated remote sensing/GIS approach was used to provide information required to address this issue. The extent and nature of recent vegetation clearance was quantified to give a basic indication of the prevailing land condition in a study area in the central‐eastern port…
Hochschule zwischen Vorstellung und Wirklichkeit: Zur Geschichte der Hochschulreform im letzten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts
Kaum ein Politikbereich hat in den letzten drei Dekaden so viele wiederkehrende, unfruchtbare Kontroversen ausgelöst wie die Hochschulpolitik. Bis heute existiert noch keine zusammenhängende Darstellung der Geschichte der deutschen Hochschulpolitik über diesen Zeitraum.Im ersten Teil skizziert George Turner, ausgewiesener Kenner der Hochschullandschaft, die Entwicklung des Hochschulwesens vom Ende der fünfziger Jahre bis in die Gegenwart. Anschli…
Pleasure is paramount: Adults with intellectual disabilities discuss sensuality and intimacy
The purpose of this qualitative case study research was to explore how adults with mild intellectual disabilities (ID) live out their social-sexual lives. Findings revealed the importance of both physical and emotional pleasure to five adults with ID. Research and educational efforts with this population have focused largely on reproduction and abuse prevention, emphasizing safety over the possibilities of human connectedness. Data sources includ…
Sexually Silenced No More, Adults with Learning Disabilities Speak Up: A Call to Action for Social Work to Frame Sexual Voice as a Social Justice Issue
This qualitative study provides insight into the personal experiences and perceptions of adults with learning difficulties regarding their social-sexual lives. Case studies of five adults with learning difficulties based on two in-depth interviews and a home observation revealed five key elements needed to have a sexual voice: sexual self-advocacy, sexuality education, sexual script, sexual vocabulary and sexual-relational support. Social workers…
Between the Academy and Queerness: Microaggressions in Social Work Education
Three social work scholars explore their experiences of microaggressions in academia using queer theory as a lens to disrupt, deconstruct, and disorder the dominant heteronormative discourse. Qualitative analysis of autoethnography narratives resulted in seven themes describing experiences of microaggressions in social work education. Themes illuminated were as follows: (1) queer isolation, (2) throwing shade, (3) queer insult, (4) biphobia: not …
Sexual Justice Is Social Justice: An Activity to Expand Social Work Students Understanding of Sexual Rights and Injustices
Social work education could benefit from an explicit educational framework that combines social justice and sexuality: sexual justice. However, there is a paucity of literature in social work discussing this critical issue. This article helps equip social workers to challenge social injustice through a lens of sexuality and builds a conceptual framework by examining sexual justice through pillars of social work: human dignity, community and solid…
How the Bologna process has affected the German university system
In June 1999, 31 European states jointly signed a declaration in Bologna titled The European Higher Education Area. Hereby, they pledged to create comparable degrees in Europe until the year 2010
Factors limiting SGM youths’ involvement in nonmetropolitan SGM community organizations
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youths face risks due to growing up with stigmatized identities. SGM organizations minimize these risks by reducing isolation, promoting positive identity development, and providing access to supportive resources. However, nonmetropolitan SGM youths may have high risks with low access to SGM organizations. Little research has been conducted on nonmetropolitan SGM organizations. This study utilized in-depth intervi…
A Psychotherapy Private Practice Social Work Practicum: Expanding Our Boundaries of Field Education Placement
Many social workers go into private practice, providing crucial mental health services; however, there is a dearth in the scholarship outlining the social work student training for these career options. It may be argued that social work students receive little or no clinical training on how to run a private practice providing psychotherapy services. To mend this pedagogical shortcoming, a private practice field education placement is a legitimate…
Sexual Well-Being Informed Social Work Practice: Harnessing the Power of Reflection and a Hallmark Experiential Sexuality Education Activity
Moving human sexuality beyond a specialty focus and establishing a sexuality discourse within social work’s foundation may be challenging. Group process and reflection, hallmarks of social work, may be a way to integrate this sometimes overlooked and often taboo conversation into social work coursework. Undergrad students from two Mid-western universities reflected on the usefulness of an established experiential sex education activity . Qualitat…
They Were the Best and the Worst of Times: Reflections Illuminate Emerging Adults’ Sexual Experiences
Introduction Human sexuality courses are offered at most universities. Students often bring a breadth of experiences and a need for emotional processing of these narratives into these courses as it relates to course content. The purpose of this study was to expand research exploring emerging adults’ sexuality narratives to be inclusive of positive stories. Methods Guided by a semi-structured questionnaire, 113 students from two USA universities r…
Teaching Social Work Practice Skills: A Collaborative Autoethnography Identifying Key Practice Skills and Modes of Delivery in the Art of Social Work Practice
Social work students must advance their social work skills gaining practice competencies. And, whilst practice learning takes place in field education placements, social work students often also enrol in a dedicated unit/ course whereby the teaching of practice skills is facilitated in class. A practice skills class is another learning space to imbue practice wisdom. Adjunct teaching staff are often employed on short-term university contracts to …
Social Work Curriculum: Preparation for Sexuality and Sexual Well-being Practice
Social work—an anti-oppressive, practice-based profession focused on social justice—supports people’s access to and ability to create healthy lives. Therefore, social workers should not only understand and value a service user’s sexuality, but also be able to competently navigate this area of practice. This mixed method study explored the role of social work education in preparing social workers for practice in sexual health settings. Forty-one A…
Mentoring social work adjunct educators: A collaborative autoethnography provides a blueprint for support
Sessional academics are often employed on a part-time, contract basis as casual (e.g. adjunct) teaching staff. Internationally, universities benefit from the expertise and experience of these educational team members. However, there is a lack of research in the literature identifying how to support them. This article attempts to bridge this gap by presenting the mentoring (e.g. faculty development) experiences of three social work educators. Draw…
Positioning sexual justice within social work teaching on human rights: Countering contemporary sexuality oppression
Access to sexual health, sexuality information, sexual expression and sexual pleasure is a human right. Yet, the sexual health and wellness landscape has become a battlefield. Recently large-scale sex-negative campaigns preceded the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The use of the word ‘gay’ was restricted in public schools along with efforts to ban drag queen story time. Further reports of increased violence against people who id…
A qualitative exploration of nursing and social work university students’ experiences of sexual and reproductive health and rights education in Australia and Hong Kong
Nursing and social work professionals often exhibit avoidance or a lack of competence in delivering sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) care to service users. When such care is provided, it tends to be heteronormative and deficit focus. Thus, understanding how university education prepares professionals in the field is essential. This study is the first to qualitatively explore SRHR attitudes, learning experiences and educational nee…
Sociology (16 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Social Work (11 works) · Human sexuality (9 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works)