ALVIN TOFFLER

• An American writer, Futurist, and businessman known known

for his works discussing modern technologies, including
digital revolution and the communication revolution with
emphasis in their effects on cultures worldwide.
• Believed that knowledge should prepare students for the
future
• He focused on technology and its impact which he termed
information overload
• 1970,he’s first major book about the future, “Future Shock”
became a world wide best-seller and has sold over six million
copies.
• It is about the present
• It is about what is happening today to people
and to groups who are overwhelmed by
change
• Describes the emerging global civilization
With all of this, he suggested that in the future,
parents might have the resources to teach
prescribed curriculum from home as a result of
technology, not in spite of it (Home Schooling)