In recent decades, education has gradually paid more attention to well-being, personal development, attention to personal interests and intrinsic motivation. The current government seems to want to shift the focus back to pure knowledge transfer and a top-down approach. Here and there, a connection is made between the greater focus on experience-oriented education and the less good PISA results. But is that correct? What should prevail in education: a focus on pure knowledge transfer and performance or a broader view, in which there is also room for the individuality of the children? And do these two things contradict each other or not?