Why do Waldorf schools recommend the limiting of television, videos, and radio for young children? What is the Jacksonville Waldorf Initiatives stance on this?
A central aim of Waldorf Education is to stimulate the healthy development of the child’s own imagination. The current Waldorf pedagogy reflects a concern that electronic media hampers the development of the child’s imagination. They are concerned about the physical effects of the medium on the developing child as well as the content of much of the programming. There is increasing support (Healy, Mander, Winn, Pearce) of this concept. However, the Jacksonville Waldorf Initiative recognizes that complete adherence to this philosophy may not be possible or even desired within individual families. Thus, we suggest limiting exposure as much as possible, particularly before and after a day’s attendance at Seaside Playgarden so that imagination is not compromised, as well as practical parental involvement in selection of types of exposure to TV, movies, videos, computer and the like.
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