Osuji, Rose2022-01-182022-01-1819821138https://hdl.handle.net/2139/53237This document is divided into two parts. Part I: The Theoretical and Empirical Background, examines the theoretical and empirical perspectives used in sociology of education. Part II: The Project, describes a project undertaken in Trinidad, in which the effects of some home variables--social class, attitude, achievement syndrome (values, motives, and aspirations), and some other variables--race and sex--singly and in combination, on educational attainment were examinedAcademic achievement