1) aims to help others (customers). Helping people in need is altruistic, not selfish, although social workers will also get socially recognized returns by providing services;

(2) Activities based on scientific knowledge. The complexity of modern social problems makes it necessary to master a variety of scientific knowledge in order to provide effective services;

(3) Scientific methods to help others. As a professional assistance activity in modern society, it needs effective scientific methods;

(4) It is a helpful service activity. The starting point or goal is to help each other and those in need, not to manage and control each other.

Extended information (1) In terms of social work training and education, the American Association of Social Work Colleges was established in 19 19, and the minimum course of social work education was promulgated in 1932. Since then, the association has successively formulated some important educational policies and redefined the basic knowledge of social work.

(2) Hollis Taylor's report and Bem's research in the early 1950s had a great influence on social work education.

(3) Since the mid-1950s, especially since the 1960s, the scale and content of social work education have changed greatly, and many social work colleges began to teach unified social work theory and practice.

(4) Social work professional organizations began to be established.

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