Taste for falls prevention: a social-analytical perspective.

this opening speech of ADIt is an invitation for the World Universities Congress which will take place at Canakkale onsekiz Mart University in 2009. the presenter will also introduce the administrative effort of implementing policy strategies and reform projects into the university curriculum and policy documents to make the university an internationally recognized institution. Presentation 2: Trends and Issues of Educational Research in Turkey Presenter: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Aypay, Canakkale onsekiz Mart University, e-mail: aypaya@yahoo.com Abstract: there is increasing worldwide attention to educational research, driven by rising pressures for accountability in education, the escalating impact of technology, and an increasing speed of change in much of industry and society. this paper examines the key trends in turkey in finding more effective means of strengthening the impact of educational research on practice. It analyses trends to accumulate, communicate and achieve stronger interaction and interface between research, policy, and practice. the author particularly focuses on ethical, political, epistemological and social issues of educational research in turkish Education. there is increasing worldwide attention to educational research, driven by rising pressures for accountability in education, the escalating impact of technology, and an increasing speed of change in much of industry and society. this paper examines the key trends in turkey in finding more effective means of strengthening the impact of educational research on practice. It analyses trends to accumulate, communicate and achieve stronger interaction and interface between research, policy, and practice. the author particularly focuses on ethical, political, epistemological and social issues of educational research in turkish Education. Presentation 3: Conducting Qualitative Research in Educational Technology: Ethical and Methodological Issues Presenter: Prof. Dr. rauf Yildiz, Yildiz technical University, e-mail: rayildiz@yildiz.edu.tr Abstract: the main purpose of this presentation is to explore the current methodological approaches such as case study, the use of ethnography, and phenomenological methods and techniques of research in the field of educational technology in turkish education. Ethical and methodological issues of qualitative research in the field such as human subject in cyberspace, online data collection and analysis, and reporting results are also explored. the main purpose of this presentation is to explore the current methodological approaches such as case study, the use of ethnography, and phenomenological methods and techniques of research in the field of educational technology in turkish education. Ethical and methodological issues of qualitative research in the field such as human subject in cyberspace, online data collection and analysis, and reporting results are also explored. Presentation 4: Research With Human Subjects: Emerging Ethical Issues in Qualitative Inquiry in Turkish Education Presenter: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Yunus Eryaman, Canakkale onsekiz Mart University, e-mail: eryaman@comu.edu.tr