I am slightly concerned that the suggestions for an hour or two of dual with an instructor could be misinterpreted as being sufficient to eliminate the prospect of a classic spin-during-turn-to-final accident.
The fact is that many properly trained, high-time, experienced pilots have been killed in this sort of accident; it is something that we all have to be constantly aware of. You can be the best pilot in the world, but if you are momentarily distracted by something, or fatigued at the end of a long flight, a low-level spin can still bite you.
One of the best discussions of this topic is Leighton Collins' artilce "The Dangers of the Air", which is found near the end of Langewische's classic
Stick and Rudder.
AoA is much better and it's a shame that a decent AoA indicator has not been developed for light aircraft
There are various AoA systemes available for light aircraft (see e.g.
here,
here and
here, and there are others); but I have never flown an aircraft equipped with one, and I don't know how well they work.