Моделирование - ключевой метод естественно-научного познания. Однако освоение метода в методике обучения физике начато сравнительно недавно.

Modeling is a key method of natural-science cognition. However, its application in physics teaching methods began comparatively recently. The first all-Russian conference dedicated to the modeling method in teaching physics was held in 1997 in Kirov. Its title, "Models and Modeling in Physics Teaching Methods", effectively sparked new methodological research. The conference's inspirer, Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor Yu. A. Saurov of the Kirov Pedagogical Institute, managed to involve virtually all of the country's leading methodologists in the conference, including V. V. Multanovsky and A. S. Vasilevsky, authors of theoretical physics textbooks for students of pedagogical universities; V. G. Razumovsky, I. I. Nurminsky and N. K. Gladysheva, authors of school physics textbooks; and leading experts in the field of the educational physics experiment, S. A. Khoroshavin, V. V. Mayer, E. S. Obyedkov, L. A. Gorev, G. A. Butyansky, and many others (a total of 66 participants, including 3 members of the academies of sciences, 14 doctors of science and professors, and 30 candidates of science). Almost 30 years have passed since the first conference - the 10th anniversary conference was held in November 2025. During this time, methodologists and teachers have accomplished a great deal of work. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present the results of key research on the issues of organizing educational modeling activities and the use of models in physics teaching methods.