Toffler’s Wave Timeline1900’s 1910’s 1920’s 1930’s 1940’s 1950’s

Toffler’s Waves

Technological Advancements

Business & Corporate Philosophies

Educational Theories of Learning & Instruction

Society & Culture

American Presidential Terms

Vacuum leaner, Electrocardiograph, Powered airplanes;

Radio Receiver; X-Ray; Liquid Fuel Rocket; Parachute

Television; Antibiotics; Insulin

Jet Engine; ATMs;

Computer; Nuclear Reactor; Microwave oven; Carbon Dating

Credit Cards; Oral Contraceptives; VCR; Satellite

Pavlov – Classical Conditioning; B.F.Skinner – Operant Conditioning

Instructional Films introduced; Montessori School Opens; J. Bruner – Process of Ed

Piaget – Theory of Cognitive Dev prevalent

B.F. Skinner – Operant Conditioning prevalent;

Overhead Projector introduced; Experience Based Learning promoted

B.F. Skinner – Teaching Machine produced and distributed; PLATO Ed program created;

Focus on National Data Collection; NAACP formed

Large migration of Blacks from south; WWI; Flue epidemic

Women Vote; Stock Market Crash; Depression Begins

Roosevelt's New Deal; Social Security Act; Labor Acts; WWII

Atomic Bomb; End of WWII; Baby Boom; MLB integrate; 1st McDonald’s

Korean War; Forced Integration; Frozen Dinner; Barbie Dolls

Industrial Advancements; Standardization; Specialization; Synchronization; Concentration & Maximization; Corporations as entities

American Industry dominate Global Market; Focus on Fossil Fuel Domination; Captialism advanced

Slowed Industrial focus; Information Age Impact

T.Roosevelt (R-NY)

W. Taft (R-OH)

W. Wilson (D-NJ)

Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)

H.Hoover (D - IA)

F.Roosevelt (D-MO)

H. Truman (D-MO)

Eisenhower (R-KS)*

Wave 2: Industrial AgeWave 3: Information Age

Timeline Title1960’s 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s

Toffler’s Waves

Technological Advancements

Business & Corporate Philosophies

Educational Theories of Learning &

Instruction

Society & Culture

American Presidential Terms

Laser; Light –emitting diode; Video Game Console

Database Sys; Ethernet; Personal Computer; Mobile Phone

Compact Discs; Internet; Geiger Counter

World Wide Web; Wiki; Digital Audio Player

Ipod, computer integration with education;

Continuation of Computerized Lrng; Focus on Bruner’s – Discovery Lrng

Focus on Experiential Lrng Model; Vygotsky – Social Dev Theory promoted

H. Gardner – Multiple Intelligence; Focus on international academic ratings

Brain based Learning & Coop & Distance Lrng; introduced; Focus on standards & assessments

No Child Left Behind Standards Implemented; Strong focus on Digital integration

Civil Rights Movement Progress

Growing concern for environment; public corporate outrage

Companies become multipurpose; More care shown for families & environment

Manual & raw material jobs transferred to developing countries.

Birth control advances; 1st man on moon; Woodstock

Roe v. Wade; Vietnam War Ends

1st Woman Justice & Astronaut;

Soviet Union collapsed; Family Leave Act Passed; OK City bombing; Columbine

Virtual World advancements; 1st Afr-Amer President; War on Terror

Dot.com industry expands; Global trade & expansion promoted

Dot.com bubble bursts; Corporate fraud/greed exposed; Focus on Conservative Economics

L. Johnson (D-TX)

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R.Nixon (R CA)

G. Ford (R-MI)

J.Carter (D-GA)

R. Regan (R-CA)

GH Bush (R TX)

W Clinton (D-AR)

GW Bush (R-TX)

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Wave 3: Information Age

*Omitted Presidents

• Warren Harding (R) 1921 – 1923

• John Kennedy (D-MA) 1961 – 1963

• Barak Obama (D-IL) 2009 - Present