hi blue,
well i suppose you post speaks volumes.
i'm in JAAland but i think our pre JAA and indeed our current training courses were and perhaps still are very similar.
when the spin was dropped from the course, the feeling was that it should still be demonstrated to a student to let him/her see what it entailed and how the recovery was executed...just in case they ever got into that situation..( as in an inadvertant spin while distracted by an emergency...which has happened many times). it was no longer necessary to spend an hour doing one to the right and one to the left in order to certify for the logbook...
however in JAAland..for the instructors certificate it is still on the course and the flight test...to demonstrate recovery from the incipient stage....and by the way ...its not what the examiner ''pulls'' on you...its on the course. the only thing as you say we ''pull'' on a candidate is some form of emergency situation that a student might create...like freezing on or letting go the controls at the last moment before touchdown..to ensure the instructor is ready to take positive control should that be required. otherwise the flight test is set on paper and there are no surprises.
if you agree as an istructor ( and your flying school also )and if you aircraft is cleared for it, that it is still good to demonstrate the stall and particularly recovery from incipient stage..do'nt you think its a good idea that it should ( particularly since you do'nt seem to have been taught it nor had it demonstrated to you before ) , to have it on your course...and if your FI flight test is like ours, it is mandatory in any event.
good luck with your course...and safe flying. i am sure you will enjoy the course.
gear up.