Books

Mackenzie, N., & Scull, J. (Eds.). (2024). Understanding and supporting young writers from birth to 8 (2nd ed.). Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/9781032574189

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Mackenzie, N., & Scull, J. (2024). Introduction In N. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and supporting young writers from birth to 8 (2nd ed., pp. 1-9). Routledge. CHAPTER 1

Mackenzie, N. M. (2024). Drawing and writing: journeys, transitions and milestones In N. M. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and Supporting Young Writers’ from Birth to 8 (pp. 207-225). Routledge.

Mackenzie, N., & Spokes, R. (2024). Handwriting, keyboarding or both? In N. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and supporting young writers from birth to 8 (2nd ed., pp. 124-154). Routledge.

Scull, J., & Mackenzie, N. (2024). Developing authorial skills: Child language leading to text construction, sentence construction, and vocabulary development. In N. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 (pp. 70-96). Routledge.

Nicolazzo, M., & Mackenzie, N. M. (2024). Teaching writing strategies. In N. M. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and Supporting Young Writers’ from Birth to 8 (2nd ed., pp. 186-206). Routledge.

Mackenzie, N. (2024). Draw, Talk, Write and Share. In N. Mackenzie & J. Scull (Eds.), Understanding and supporting young writers from birth to 8 (2nd ed., pp. 207-225). Routledge. CHAPTER 10

Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years.
Daffern, T. & Mackenzie, N.M. (Eds)

Daffern, T. & Mackenzie, N.M. (Eds) (2020), Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years. Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin Academic. ISBN: 9781760528928

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Chapter 7. Mackenzie, N.M. & Daffern, T.(2020) Introduction to teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years. In T Daffern & N M Mackenzie (Eds), Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, AU.

Chapter 8. Daffern, T.& Mackenzie, N.M. (2020) Theoretical perspectives and strategies for teaching and learning writing. In T Daffern & N M Mackenzie (Eds), Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, AU.

Chapter 9. Mackenzie, N.M. & Daffern, T.(2020) Supporting meaning-making through vocabulary. In T Daffern & N M Mackenzie (Eds), Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, AU.

Chapter 10. Mackenzie, N.M. & Spokes, R(2020) Supporting meaning-making through handwriting and keyboarding. In T Daffern & N M Mackenzie (Eds), Teaching writing: Effective approaches for the middle years, Allen & Unwin: Crows Nest, AU.

Book chapters by topic

The teaching and learning of writing

Mackenzie, N.M. (2020). Writing in the early years. In A. Woods & B. Exley (Eds), Literacies in Early Childhood: Foundations for equity and quality (pp.179-192). Melbourne, Vic:Oxford University Press. (https://www.oup.com.au/books/higher-education/education/9780190305147-literacies-in-early-childhood)

Mackenzie, N.M. (2019). Learning to ‘look at’ and ‘write’ the letters of the alphabet. In L. Beveridge, R. Cox, & S. Feez (Eds.), The alphabetic principle and beyond: a survey of the landscape (pp. 150-165). Newtown: Primary English Teaching Association (PETAA). (https://www.petaa.edu.au/imis_prod/w/Store/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=PET119&Category=BOOK)

Educational Publishing Awards Australia 2019: WINNER for the Primary: Reference Resource category

  • Mackenzie, N.M., (in press – 2021), Teaching Handwriting and Keyboarding in the current era, In A Thomas and D Thomas (Eds), Teaching and Learning Primary English, Docklands, Vic: Oxford
  • Mackenzie, N.M. (2016). Becoming a Writer. In J. Scull & B. Raban, (Eds), Growing up literate: Australian early literacy research, (pp. 177-194). South Yarra, Vic: Eleanor Curtain Pub
  • Mackenzie, N.M. (2016). Becoming a Writer. In J. Scull & B. Raban, (Eds), Growing up literate: Australian early literacy research, (pp. 177-194). South Yarra, Vic: Eleanor Curtain Pub.
  • Mackenzie, N.M. & Scull, J.A. (2015). Literacy: Writing.In S. McLeod & J. McCormack (Eds), Introduction to speech, language and literacy, (pp. 398-445). Melbourne, Vic: Oxford
  • Mackenzie, N.M. (2014). Transitions to school and emergent writers. In B. Perry, S. Dockett & A. Petriwskyj (Eds), Transitions to school: International research, policy and practice, (pp. 89-102). London: Springer.
  • Mackenzie, N.M. (2010). Motivating young writers. In J. Fletcher, F. Parkhill & G. Gillon (Eds), Motivating literacy learners in today’s world, (pp. 23-32). Auckland: New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER).
  • Green, W., Pennell, B., & Mackenzie, N. (2007). Literacy, Adolescence and Schooling: A literacy Challenge for the Middle Years. In S. Knipe (Ed), Teaching Middle Schools: Reframing Adolescence. Frenchs Forest, NSW:Pearson.

Research methods

  • Mackenzie, N.M., Scull, J., & Thompson, N, (in press -2021). Methods for researching young children’s writing transitions, In A-W. Dunlop., S. Peters., & S.L. Kagan, (Eds), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Early Childhood Transitions Research, London: Bloomsbury.
  • Mackenzie, N.M. (2017). Researching the learning and teaching of writing: A retrospective analysis of paradigms employed. In L. Ling & P. Ling (Eds), Methods and Paradigms in Education Research, (pp. 246-262). Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.