Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the English version -- Foreword -- Section A -- Summary -- Chapter 1 -- Canon - the pros and cons -- Grounds, assignment, analysis, points of departure -- 1.1   Administrative grounds -- 1.2   The desire for a canon -- 1.3   The canon under fire -- Intermezzo: Canons in Denmark -- 1.4   The power of the canon -- Chapter 2 -- The canon outlined -- Basis, content and form -- 2.1 Basis -- Primary education sector -- Aside on the local canon -- Secondary education sector -- 2.2 Content -- 2.3 Form -- Wall chart -- (Virtual) treasure chest (for the time being) -- Website -- The canon as a "wiki" -- Chapter 3 -- The canon in practice -- Implementation in schools and society -- 3.1 The canon in the classroom -- 3.1.1 Primary education sector -- History -- Geography -- Dutch language -- The arts -- Man and society -- The local canon in primary schools -- 3.1.2 Secondary education sector -- Lower Forms -- History -- Geography -- Dutch language -- Art & culture -- Upper Forms and Second Stage -- Dutch language -- Culture and the arts (CKV) -- Social studies -- 3.1.3 Higher education -- 3.2 Teachers and their "baggage" -- Refresher courses -- 3.3 Cultural institutions -- Collaboration with schools -- Cultural institutions and the canon -- 3.4 Market and society -- Market -- Society -- 3.5 Willem van Oranje Fund -- Chapter 4 -- The canon in revision -- Periodical maintenance of the canon -- 4.1 The ever-changing canon -- 4.2 Concrete procedures -- Chapter 5 -- The canon in position -- Recommendations and desiderata (including: at what price the canon?) -- Recommendations -- With regard to the report -- With regard to the design -- The education sector -- Provinces and municipalities -- Cultural institutions -- Market and society -- With regard to the process -- Closing remarks.

Literature -- Appendice 1 -- Letter of instruction -- Appendice 2 -- Composition of committee and description of working methods -- Appendice 3 -- Discussion partners and experts -- Abbreviations -- Section B -- Introduction -- The canon of the Netherlands -- Main lines of the canon -- Acknowledgements.