Profesor Dr. Habibah binti Elias mendapat pendidikan peringkat menengah di Sekolah Perempuan Sultan Ibrahim (SIGS) Johor Bahru. Beliau memperoleh ijazah doctor falsafah dalam bidang Psikologi daripada Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Beliau dilantik sebagai pensyarah di Universiti Pertanian Malaysia pada tahun 1983 dan telah dinaikkan pangkat ke jawatan Profesor Madya pada tahun 1996 dan jawatan Profesor pada tahun 2001. Kini beliau bertugas sebagai pensyarah dalam bidang psikologi pendidikan di Jabatan Asas Pendidikan, Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Pengajaran beliau termasuk kursus-kursus psikologi pendidikan, penyelidikan pendidikan, motivasi dalam pendidikan, psikologi pembelajaran, kaedah penyelidikan dan isu-isu psikologi dalam pendidikan. Beliau terlibat dengan kerja-kerja penyelidikan dalam bidang pengajaran dan pembelajaran, personaliti dan motivasi. Beliau terlibat dalam penerbitan buku-buku dalam bidang pendidikan seperti psikologi pendidikan, pedagogi, psikologi personaliti dan psikologi pembelajaran.Beliau juga menjadi pemeriksa luar untuk pelajar-pelajar Masters dan Ph. D. dalam bidang psikologi pendidikan dari universiti-universiti lain di Malaysia seperti UKM, UUM dan USM. Beliau adalah ahli Majlis Persatuan Psikologi Malaysia semenjak tahun 1988.

Professor Dr. Habibah binti Elias completed her secondary education at Sultan Ibrahim Girls’ School (SIGS) Johor Bahru. She holds a doctoral degree in Psychology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She was appointed as a lecturer with Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in 1983.She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and Professor in 2001. Currently she is a lecturer in Educational Psychology attached to the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She is involved in teaching courses in educational psychology, research in education, motivation in education, psychology of learning, research methods and psychological issues in education. She is also actively involved in research on teaching and learning, personality and motivation. She has produced several books in education such as educational psychology, pedagogy, the psychology of personality and the psychology of learning. She has been appointed as external examiners for masters and Ph.D. students from other universities such as UKM, UUM and USM. She is also a committee member of the Malaysian Psychological Association since 1988.

RESEARCHES

• Psychological Profile and Self Efficacy of At Risk Students in Malaysian Secondary Schools (IRPA RM142,600.00, 2005-2006)
• Faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pencapaian berkeperluan khas dalam Peperiksaan UPSAR, PMR dan SPM. (2006)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Rahil Mahyuddin, Habibah Elias, Loh Sau Cheong, Muhd Fauzi Muhamad, Nooreen Noordin, & Maria Chong Abdullah. The Relationship Between Students' Self Efficacy and Their English Language Achievement. Jurnal Pendidik dan Pendidikan. Jil. 21, 15-25, 2006.
• Rahimah Murshidi, Mohd. Majid Konting, Habibah Elias, & Foo Say Fooi. Sense of Efficacy among Beginning Teachers in Sarawak. Teaching Education. Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2006, Pp. 265-275.
• Uget Apayo Uguak, Habibah Elias, Jegak Uli, & Turiman Suandi. Academic Adjustment and Psychological Well-Being among Students in an International School, Kuala Lumpur. Jurnal Penyelidikan Pendidikan (UM).
• Uget Apayo Uguak, Habibah Elias, Jegak Uli, & Turiman Suandi. Influence of Causal Elements of Locus of Control on Academic Achievement Satisfaction. Journal of Instructional Psychology. Vol. 33, 2006. (USA)
• Habibah Elias & Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie. Understanding Students' Personality Characteristics. International Journal of Learning. Common Ground Publisher, University of Melbourne, Australia. Vol. 12, No. 2, 2006.

TEACHING

• EDU 3010 Educational Psychology
• EDU 3044 Penyelidikan Pendidikan
• EDU 5014 Teori Pembelajaran
• EDU 5016 Motivasi dalam Pendidikan
• EDU 5900 Research Methods
• EDU 6015 Psychological Issues in Education