Výchova ke zdravému životnímu stylu prostřednictvím idejí (návodů) Jaroslava Foglara

This paper deals with the heritage of Jaroslav Foglar, writer and educator, since whose birthday one hundred years passed in 2007. It is recapitulating briefly a pedagogical potential of his literally work and presenting him as a typical representative of experiential education, whose games, instructions and inspiration are often utilized in educational practice. However, the challenge for theoretics of experiential education remains a deeper pedagogic reflection of his activities as well as books. Having reminder results of public inquiries finding an exceptionally high readers’ popularity regardless a social order and historical changes, it put the stress on the motifs from his literary work that deals especially with development of physical ability in the form of competitions and challenges. A strong motivational potention of instructive literature is proved (although not at a statistically significant extent) even by research of relationship of reading of Foglar’s books and really done movement activities.