Batik as Local Content for Special Need Students

Abstract

This paper described how local content is needed to be taught to special need students in SMALB PRI Pekalongan. Related to their district local wisdom— Pekalongan, Batik is appropriate to be taught to them. Since most of their parents are Batik entrepreneurs, special needs students need to know about Batik, how to design batik, and how to use Batik for clothes and souvenir, it was done to support their skill after they graduated from the school.  In developing Batik as local content, it was done by designing standard of graduate competence, standard competence, basic competence, syllabus and developing teaching material. These documents hopefully would be useful to enrich their knowledge and skill of Batik. As a result, their cognitive, psychomotor, and affective would be developed.

Keywords: local content, Batik, SMALB PRI Pekalongan