There are quite a few reports of people who practice forced landings regularly being caught out when they have to do one for real, and find that their glide angle is rather steeper than they expected when the engine is completely stopped, so I can see some rationale. I leave other people to decide how sensible the idea is - near a big runway I can see it might be arguable.
We call them 'glide approaches' as in 'downwind for glide approach' and not 'downwind for forced landing
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My favourite apocryphal story I've heard is of the student who has been doing lots of procedural training on the ground. When doing a pfl, and before the instructor can stop him, he deftly turns off the fuel, switches the switches, then pulls out the keys and throws them to the floor.