Name: Kok Lian Yee
Position: Lecturer
Qualifications : B.Ed., M.S. (UPM), PhD
Department: Pengajian Sukan
Area of Specialisation: Pendidikan Jasmani/Sains Sukan
Email: lian@educ.upm.edu.my
Phone: (603) 89468144
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Dr Kok Lian Yee memperoleh pendidikan peringkat rendah dan menengah di Sekolah Infant Jesus Convent Johor Bahru. Selepas melengkapkan pendidikan menengah atas di Sekolah Menengah Sulatan Ibrahim (P), beliau telah berdaftar di Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, Universiti Putra Malaysia, dan bergraduat dengan Bacelor Pendidikan (Pendidikan Jasmani). Beliau juga memegang Master Sains (Sains Sukan – UPM) serta Ijazah Doktor Falsafah (Fisiologi Senam / Suaian Sukan – UWA). Dr Kok dilantik sebagai tutor di Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan UPM pada 1997, dan kini adalah pensyarah di Jabatan Pengajian Sukan di fakulti tersebut. Dr Kok terlibat dengan aktiviti penyelidikan yang berkaitan dengan kaedah mengoptimumkan prestasi atlit elit, kaedah latihan kekuatan dan suaian fizikal untuk sukan berlainan, serta pengujian dan penilaian untuk sukan dan senaman. Dr Kok juga melibatkan diri secara aktif dalam kejurulatihan terutamanya dalam sukan bola jaring, renang dan badminton, dan telah dianugerahkan sebagai “Jurulatih Prestasi Tinggi Wanita” tahun 2001 oleh Majlis Sukan Negara. Selain daripada itu, beliau telah bantu persatuan sukan menyediakan manual kejurulatihan dan pembangunan program kejurulatihan.

Dr. Kok Lian Yee completed her primary and secondary education at the Infant Jesus Convent Johor Bahru. After finishing Form Six Education at the Sultan Ibrahim Girls’ School, she enrolled at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia and graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education). She also has a Masters in Science (Sports Science – UPM) and a Doctoral degree (Exercise Physiology / Sports Conditioning – UWA). Dr Kok was appointed tutor at the Faculty of Educational Studies UPM in 1997, and is currently a lecturer at the Department of Sports Studies of the same faculty. Dr Kok has mainly been involved in research concerning optimization of performance for elite athletes, strength and conditioning methods for different sports, and also testing and evaluation for sports and exercise. Dr Kok has also been actively involved with the coaching of athletes especially in sports such as netball, swimming and badminton, and was named “Coach of the Year (Female, High Performance Athletes) by the National Sports Council in 2001. In addition to that, she has helped sports associations develop their coaching manuals and coach development programs.

• Optimization of performance for elite athletes

• Strength and conditioning methods for different sports

• Physical and physiological adaptations to resistance training

• Using resistance training for improving performance of the elderly

• Testing and evaluation for sports and exercise

TEACHING

• EDU 3507 Sports Training and Injuries

• EDU 3522 Physical Fitness and Athletics

• EDU 3508 Swimming

• EDU 5518 Testing, Measurement and Applied Evaluation in Physical Education and Sport

• EDU 5524 Coaching Methodology and Pedagogy

• EDU 5525 Coaching Internship