Before the decision making.....

[Big Pistons Forever]

Mary's spin thread is I think a good example how training could be extended from the mechanics of entering and recovering from a spin.

Since the majority of spins are low altitude departures from controlled flight as part of the take off, the circuit, or landing; proper flight path control is in effect also spin awareness training.

For example the classic killer base to final turn usually starts with a strong crosswind at altitude onto the runway. The pilot fails to compensate on the downwind so he/she is too close to the runway when starting the downwind to base turn. This plus having a tailwind on base means the turn to final is late and the aircraft overshoots the runway centerline and the turn will likely be overbanked in the rush to line up.

The final nail in the coffin is the illusion created by drift as the aircraft turns onto final which encourages the use of bottom rudder (ie rudder into the turn) to make the turn "look" right. The aircraft is now in a skid, steeply banked and set up for a fatal spin entry.

Avoiding that spin should start with developing the students proactive recognition of the winds which should happen even before the circuit has been joined.

Unfortunately I do not see a lot of that holistic decision making which links the various parts of the flight together in one risk management framework, happening very much at flight schools......