Learning Quality is beside access to education one of the challenges in education in Iraq . There is a law , but there are circumstances around us , that these laws cannot operate in the appropriate way .
The work « THREE TEACHERS » consisted of three parts : a text , a photo and a life sculpture . The text described seven features of what a teacher should be . The photo represented the ideal teacher , recognizable by the brooch the teacher is wearing on his clothes . The brooch is a symbol for learning quality , which is missing on the life-sculpture .
1 _ THREE TEACHERS Muhaned Taha
Poster , live sculpture , performance
Muhaned Taha is addressing the grievances in the educational system in Iraq . According to UNICEF : « The recent growth in the total number of teachers , the number and share of qualified teachers in Iraq has decreased at all educational levels , with the exception of pre-school .» For him , a good school education is an essential part of human right and the flourishing of a society .
For his work THREE TEACHERS Muhaned Taha got inspired by Joseph Kosuth › s installation « One and Three Chairs » from 1965 . In this work Joseph Kosuth represented one chair three ways : as a manufactured chair , as a photograph , and as a copy of a dictionary entry for the word « chair ».
2