Profesor Dr. Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie ialah seorang profesor di Fakulti Pengajian Pendidikan, UPM. Beliau telah bertugas di UPM sejak tahun 1981. Beliau bergraduat dari Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Beliau menamatkan pendidikan Ph.Dnya pada tahun 1992 dan dinaikkan pangkat ke jawatan Profesor Madya pada tahun 1997 dan seterusnya ke jawatan profesor pada tahun 2003. Dari April 2001 hingga November 2002 beliau adalah Ketua Jabatan dan dari November 2002 hingga November 2005 beliau telah dilantik sebagai Timbalan Dekan Akademik di Fakulti. Bidang kepakarannya ialah pendidikan keusahawanan, kepemimpinan dan pengurusan pendidikan serta kaedah pengajaran. Beliau telah membentang dan menerbitkan banyak kertas kerja akademik di dalam dan di luar negara dalam bidang kepakarannya. Beliau telah menyelia 15 pelajar Ph.D dan 12 telahpun bergraduat. Beliau bergiat aktif dalam penyelidikan berkaitan dengan bidang kepakarannya dan beliau telah dianugerahkan 3 pingat emas oleh UPM menerusi penyelidikannya.

Professor Dr. Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie is a professor at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She has served in UPM since 1981. She graduated from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, USA. She completed her Ph.D degree in 1992, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1997 and subsequently to full professor in 2003. From April 2001 to November 2002 she was the head of department and appointed as Deputy Dean of the faculty from November 2002 to November 2005. Her area of specializations are in entrepreneurship education, leadership and educational management as well as teaching methodology. She has presented and published a number of academic papers overseas and locally within her area of interest. She supervises 15 Ph.D students and 12 had graduated. She is actively involved in research activities. Her researches are mostly related to her area of expertise. She had received three gold medals from UPM through her research effort.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Entreprenuership in Higher Education

• Educational Leadership and Management

• Teaching and Learning

• Entreprenuership for at-risk children

• Entrepreneurial leadership

• Entrepreneurship for science and engineering students

• Women in leadership and mangement

CURRENT AND PAST RESEARCH

CURENT RESEARCH – FRGS / RUGS / Science Fund

• Creation of Entrepreneurs: Analysis of Psychological Attributes and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy among Vocational and Technical Education Students. Science Fund (11/2007 – 11/2009) RM 113,500.00 (Project Leader).

• Developing Enterprising Spirit Among Universiti Students: The Role of Teaching Strategies. RUGS (7/2007 – 12/2009) RM 71,000.00 (Project Leader).
  Received 1 bronze medal at UPM PRPI 2007.

• Using Theory of Planned Behavior to Measure School Students Entrepreneurial Intention. Fundamental Research GS (2/2007 – 8/2009) RM 74,600.00 (Project Leader).
  Received 1 bronze medal at UPM PRPI 2007.

PAST RESEARCH

• Human Resource Development for At risk children IRPA –PR (Nov 2002-Dec 2006), RM 509,424.00 (Project head).
  Received 2 gold medals and 4 bronze at UPM PRPI (2006).
  Telah menghasilkan 3 buku teks.
  Telah mengadakan konfrensi “Memperkasa Pendidikan Pelajar Berisiko” 2005

• Evaluating teaching and learning performance in business studies program using service quality factors. IRPA EA (August 2002-August 2006) RM 197, 290.00 (Project head).
  Received 1 gold medal at UPM PRPI 2006. Participated in MTE 2008 (21 – 23 Februari 2008).
  Telah menghasilkan 2 buku teks.
  Telah mengadakan konfrensi “Excellence in Teaching and Learning” 2005

• Pembentukan indeks tingkahlaku keusahawanan golongan remaja Malaysia. (2003 - 2006) IRPA-EA (member research) RM 129,000.00
  Telah menghasilkan 1 buku teks.
  Telah mengadakan konfrensi “Keusahawanan Remaja Malaysia” 2005

• The practice of transformational leadership among school leaders: Implications for school effectiveness. Fundamental research UPM RM 31,000.00 (2002)

• Trait keusahawanan pelajar Universiti: Satu analisis (2003)

• New policy in Teaching Maths and Science: How it contributes to teachers’ Stress. (2003)

• A study to investigate the implementation of KAFA programme RM140,000 JAKIM (2001).

• A study to investigate the implementation of Malaysian Certificate of Examination (MCE) for year 2000, RM 140,000 Ministry of Education (2001).

• Evaluation of Pedagocial –content knowledge among UPM graduate teachers, RM 10,000, UPM (2000).

• Good governance in Higher Education Institution, UPM (2001).

• Listening skills of University students: How it relates to students’ learning. UPM (2001).

• Why teachers like teaching: A self motivation perspective of distance education students, UPM (2001).

• Critical aspects of rural entrepreneurs development in formal and non formal-setting IRPA RM 43,000, (2000).

• Teachers perception towards ICT in enhancing teaching and learning, UPM (2000).

• Moral leadership practice of school principals as perceived by their teachers, UPM (2000).

• Entrepreneurial aspirations of secondary school students enrolled in vocational and technical subjects, IRPA, RM 43,000 (1999).

• Teachers' perceptions toward principal's instructional and transformational leadership, UPM (1999).

• Learning style of UPM vocational education students, UPM (1998).

• Work stress of living skill teachers to teach commerce and accounting component, RM 3300, UPM (1997).

• Factors associated with work values and attitudes of industrial workers in the Hulu Langat District, RM 5700, UPM (1997).

• Attitude and entrepreneurial motivation of vocational teaher trainees in Faculty of Ecucational Studies, UPM (1997).

• Conceptions of teaching and learning from students perspective, RM 10,000 (1995).

• The relationship between perception, anxiety and personality of student teachers and their current teaching performance RM 9,000. UPM (1995).

• A study on effectiveness of hostels in Malaysian religious schools towards the achievement of the objective of its establishment, RM 60,000 Ministry of Education 1995.

• School pupils perception towards teacher trainees image, UPM (1995).

• Entrepreneurial competencies and achievement motivation of Malaysian entrepreneurs RM 10,000, UPM (1994).

• A study to investigate vocational students teachers' ability to teach commerce and entrepreneurship, UPM (1994)

• The importance of business management competencies in preparing students for small business ownership RM 3,000, UPM (1992).

• A study of job satisfaction and work load of commerce and entrepreneurship teachers in Malaysian secondary schools RM 6,700, UPM, (1989).

• Streaming in Malaysian schools RM 7,837, UPM (1989).

• Relationship between students' interest and their academic performance in commerce and entrepreneurship subject, UPM (1988).

SELECTED PUBLICATION

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Abdullah Salleh Abdullah Sani (2008) Science and engineering students: Are they entreprenuerial? International Journal of Learning, Australia. Vol 15, No. 7 (p103 - 112)

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Abdullah Salleh Abdullah Sani (2008) Development of Entrepreneurial Spirit among Students: A Case Study International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Australia. Vol 3, No. 3 (p211 - 222)

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2007). An analysis of academic experience to develop entrepreneurial attributes and motivation among at risk students. International Journal of Learning, Australia. – Vol 14(6), (p207 - 217)

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Jamaliah Abd. Hamid dan Rahil Mahyuddin (2007). Quality teaching and learning entrepreneurship:  The students’ perspective. Proceedings of Intent 2007 Global Conference, Gdansk, Poland 8-11 July 2007.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Jamaliah Abd. Hamid dan Rahil Mahyuddin (2007). Quality teaching in learning business studies at institution of higher education. PERTANIKA Journal of Social Science and Humanities. Vol 15, No. 2

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Jamaliah Abd. Hamid dan Rahil Mahyuddin (2007). Lecturer’s perception on the teaching strategies utilised in teaching business and entrepreneurship. PERTANIKA Journal of Social Science and Humanities. Vol 15, No. 1 (p33 - 42)  

• Zakaria Kasa, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Sharifah Md. Nor (2007). Relationship between teachers’ perception towards principal’s leadership practices and their job satisfaction: A case study of ‘Sekolah Harapan Negara’. PERTANIKA Journal of Social Science and Humanities. Vol 15, No. 1 (p22 - 31)

• Suhaida Abd. Kadir, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Noran Fauziah Yaacob, Habibah Elias and Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi (2006). Kesan strategi pembelajaran kopratif terhadap prestasi pelajar dalam pendidikan perakaunan. Journal Pendidikan Jilid 26. pg 37 – 62

• Syireen Rose Shaari, Rahil Mahyudin and Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2006). Students’perceptions towards effective learning experiences. International Journal of Learning, volume 13. issue 7, Australia

• Jamaliah Abd Hamid, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Rahil Mahyuddin (2006). Learner Learning style as a response to lecturer Factor: A case study of Accounts Studies students in Institution of Higher Learning.  International Journal of Learning, volume 13 issue 7.

• Suhaida Abd Kadir, Wong Su Luan, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Noran fauziah Yaacob,Rohani Ahmad Termizi and Habibah Elias (2005). The effects of cooperative learning strategy on peer attachment.  Pakistan Journal of Psychological research, Vol 20, nos 3-4. pp121 – 131

• Habibah  Elias and Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie(2005) . Understanding student’s personality characteristics of Higher Education Students.  International Journal of Learning,  vol 13, issue 6, Australia

• Rahil Mahyudin, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Jamaliah Abd Hamid (2005).  Students ’perceptions of the effectiveness of business studies program.  International Journal of Learning, vol 13. issue 6, Australia

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Habibah Elias (2004). Keupayaan usahawan Bumiputera melaksanakan kemahiran keusahawanan. PERTANIKA, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, vol 12, no.1. p61-70

• Jamaliah Abd Hamid & Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2004). Students perceptions of the quality of teaching and learning in Business Studies program. PERTANIKA, Journal of Social Science and Humanities vol 12, no.1. p71 – 86.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie & Habibah Elias (2004). Improving the teaching profession through understanding teachers’ self motivation. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, Vol.19 ,NOS 1-2, pp.25-35.

• Suhaida Abd. Kadir & Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2004). Kesan pembelajaran koperatif terhadap konsep kendiri di dalam pendidikan perakaunan. PERTANIKA, Journal of Social Science, 12(2). Pp151 -161

• Teng Lung Kiu & Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2004). Persepsi guru terhadap kepemimpinan pengetua: Implikasi dalam pengurusan sekolah bestari. Jurnal Teknologi, 41(E) p.11-32.

• Habibah Elias, Rahil Mahyuddin & Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2004). Students’ perception on the inculcation and understanding of values in the school curriculum. Journal of Psychological Research, Vol.19, No.3-4, pp.151-160.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Habibah Elias (2004). Motivasi Kendiri guru terhadap profession perguruan.  Jouirnal Psikologi UKM, Bil 17,  p1-12.

• Tang Keow Ngang, Foo Say Fooi, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Bahaman Abu Samah (2004).  Tahap pengurusan kolaboratif dan fenomena pengurusan di sekolah Menengah.  Journal of Malaysian Studies Vol xxii, No 1 pg65 - 85

• Norasmah Osman dan Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2003)  Perbandingan pencapaian kognitif, afektif dan kompetensi pelajar program keusahawanan remaja yang berlainan latarbelakang keluarga.  PERTANIKA, Journal of Social Science and Humanities, vol 11, N0 1 p 69-80.

PUBLISHED BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2008) Memahami pelajar berisiko: Kearah pembangunan kerjaya keusahawanan. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangoor.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Habibah Elias (2008) Competencies Needed by Entrepreneurs: Implication for Best Practices. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangoor.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Rahil Mahyuddin (2008) Business Education: The Challenges in Teaching and Learning. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangoor.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2007). Usahawan dan Keusahawanan: Satu perspektif pendidikan. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangor. 163 pages

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Jamaliah Abdul Hamid and Rahil Mahyuddin (2005). Opening new door in business teaching and learning. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangor.

• Habibah Elias, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Rahil Mahyuddin (2005). Competencies needed by teachers: Implication for best teaching practices. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangor

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie dan Foo Say Fooi (2005). Memperkasa Pendidikan Pelajar Berisiko. Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangor.

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2007). Perbandingan tingkahlaku keusahawanan Remaja. Dalam Norasmah Hj Othman dan Halimah Harun Keushawanan Remaja Malaysia. Penerbit UPM 2007 pp117 -132 

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie (2007). Strategi pengajaran dan pembelajaran keusahawanan. Dalam Norasmah Hj Othman dan Halimah Harun  Keushawanan Remaja Malaysia. Penerbit UPM 2007 pp181 -194

• Habibah Elias, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie and Noran Yaakob (2007). Kekuatan usahawan wanita – satu kajian perbandingan. Dalam Rosnah Ismail, Mahmood Nazar dan Noraini Md Nor Women at work: Perspective on workplace and family. Penerbit UMS pp175 – 188

• Zaidatol akmaliah Lope Pihie (2007). Towards independence: Developing Entrepreneurial Potential among at risk students dalam Jamaliah abd hamid Promising A future for at-risk students (Penerbit UPM, Serdang, Selangor) (p58 - 78)

• Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Sharifah Md. Nor and Zakaria Kasa (2004). Leadership practices of principals of Sekolah Harapan Negara: A Comparative Study. A Chapter in a textbook “Principalship and School Management” “Principals’ Institute. Faculty of Education, University Malaya K. Lumpur, pp. 133-142.

• Zakaria Kasa, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope Pihie, Sharifah Md. Nor (2004). Relationship between leadership practices with teachers’ job satisfaction in Sekolah Harapan Negara. A chapter in a textbook “Principalship and School Management” Principals’ Institute. Faculty of Education, University Malaya K. Lumpur, pp.161-168.

TEACHING

• EDU 5811 - Educational Leadership

• EDU 5813 - Human Relations in Education

• EDU 5429 - Entrepreneurship Education Practices

• EDU 5431 - Entrepreneurship

• EDU 3434 - Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills

• EDU 3422 - Entrepreneurship Education